Vocabulary
棄権
きけん
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
noun
suru-verb
vt
N1
freq #9
Example sentences
今度(こんど)の選挙(せんきょ)は棄権(きけん)するつもりだ。
I don't plan to vote at the upcoming election.
棄権(きけん)が二(に)票(ひょう)あった。
There were two abstentions.
いざ投票(とうひょう)という時(とき)、彼(かれ)は棄権(きけん)した。
When it was time to vote, he abstained.