Conjugation
abstain from
Language
English
IndicativePresent
- I abstain
- you abstain
- you abstain
- he/she/it abstains
- we abstain
- they abstain
IndicativePreterite
- I abstained
- you abstained
- you abstained
- he/she/it abstained
- we abstained
- they abstained
IndicativePresent continuous
- I am abstaining
- you are abstaining
- you are abstaining
- he/she/it is abstaining
- we are abstaining
- they are abstaining
IndicativePresent perfect
- I have abstained
- you have abstained
- you have abstained
- he/she/it has abstained
- we have abstained
- they have abstained
IndicativeFuture
- I will abstain
- you will abstain
- you will abstain
- he/she/it will abstain
- we will abstain
- they will abstain
IndicativeFuture perfect
- I will have abstained
- you will have abstained
- you will have abstained
- he/she/it will have abstained
- we will have abstained
- they will have abstained
IndicativePast continous
- I was abstaining
- you were abstaining
- you were abstaining
- he/she/it was abstaining
- we were abstaining
- they were abstaining
IndicativePast perfect
- I had abstained
- you had abstained
- you had abstained
- he/she/it had abstained
- we had abstained
- they had abstained
IndicativeFuture continuous
- I will be abstaining
- you will be abstaining
- you will be abstaining
- he/she/it will be abstaining
- we will be abstaining
- they will be abstaining
IndicativePresent perfect continuous
- I have been abstaining
- you have been abstaining
- you have been abstaining
- he/she/it has been abstaining
- we have been abstaining
- they have been abstaining
IndicativePast perfect continuous
- I had been abstaining
- you had been abstaining
- you had been abstaining
- he/she/it had been abstaining
- we had been abstaining
- they had been abstaining
IndicativeFuture perfect continuous
- I will have been abstaining
- you will have been abstaining
- you will have been abstaining
- he/she/it will have been abstaining
- we will have been abstaining
- they will have been abstaining
ParticiplePresent
- abstaining
ParticiplePast
- abstained
Perfect participle
- having abstained
Examples
We therefore request that our business partners abstain from offering gifts or other advantages.
IBM and Sun cannot abstain from joining in the dance, though their communication stresses more open approaches.