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اِمْتَنَعَ abstain in Arabic

اِمْتَنَعَ is how you say “abstain” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَالآدَمِيُّ يَمْتَنِعُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ بِقَهْرِ عَقْلِهِ لِطَبْعِهِ

And the human refrains from that by subduing his nature with reason.

يَمْتَنِعُ he refrains

Present-tense verb with 'he' built in; the prefixed shape marks a 'hold oneself back' pattern, where the action turns back on the doer.

From The Discipline of Foresight

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