'V from n' - Construction 6
| Name: | the abstain from construction |
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| Description: | A person chooses not to do something. |
| Verbs: | abstain, desist, forbear, refrain, retire, retreat, withdraw, run away, stand aside, walk away |
| Example: | Benjamin fasted on water and salted fish and abstained from wine. (BNC) |
| Membership: | literal movement; reaction 'from'; reaction-mental |
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