Forbidden vs Abstain - What's the difference?
forbidden | abstain |
not allowed.
* 1999 , Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind , page 276
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself.
Refrain from (something); hold one's self aloof; to forbear or keep from doing, especially an indulgence of the passions or appetites.
* Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? - Shakespeare, Richard II, II-i
(obsolete) Fast.
Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.
* Not a few abstained from voting. -
(obsolete) Hinder; keep back; withhold.
* Whether he abstain men from marying [sic]. -
As verbs the difference between forbidden and abstain
is that forbidden is while abstain is (transitive|reflexive|obsolete) keep or withhold oneself .As an adjective forbidden
is not allowed.forbidden
English
(wikipedia forbidden)Adjective
(en adjective)- This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden' .