Keep or withhold oneself.
Infinitiveabstain
Past simpleabstained
Past participleabstained
-ing formabstaining
Full conjugation of the English verb to abstain (past simple abstained,
past participle abstained):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
abstain
you
abstain
he/she/it
abstains
we
abstain
you
abstain
they
abstain
Present continuous
I
am abstaining
you
are abstaining
he/she/it
is abstaining
we
are abstaining
you
are abstaining
they
are abstaining
Present perfect
I
have abstained
you
have abstained
he/she/it
has abstained
we
have abstained
you
have abstained
they
have abstained
Present perfect continuous
I
have been abstaining
you
have been abstaining
he/she/it
has been abstaining
we
have been abstaining
you
have been abstaining
they
have been abstaining
Past simple
I
abstained
you
abstained
he/she/it
abstained
we
abstained
you
abstained
they
abstained
Past continuous
I
was abstaining
you
were abstaining
he/she/it
was abstaining
we
were abstaining
you
were abstaining
they
were abstaining
Past perfect
I
had abstained
you
had abstained
he/she/it
had abstained
we
had abstained
you
had abstained
they
had abstained
Past perfect continuous
I
had been abstaining
you
had been abstaining
he/she/it
had been abstaining
we
had been abstaining
you
had been abstaining
they
had been abstaining
Future simple
I
will abstain
you
will abstain
he/she/it
will abstain
we
will abstain
you
will abstain
they
will abstain
Future continuous
I
will be abstaining
you
will be abstaining
he/she/it
will be abstaining
we
will be abstaining
you
will be abstaining
they
will be abstaining
Future perfect
I
will have abstained
you
will have abstained
he/she/it
will have abstained
we
will have abstained
you
will have abstained
they
will have abstained
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been abstaining
you
will have been abstaining
he/she/it
will have been abstaining
we
will have been abstaining
you
will have been abstaining
they
will have been abstaining
Conditional
Present
I
would abstain
you
would abstain
he/she/it
would abstain
we
would abstain
you
would abstain
they
would abstain
Present continuous
I
would be abstaining
you
would be abstaining
he/she/it
would be abstaining
we
would be abstaining
you
would be abstaining
they
would be abstaining
Perfect
I
would have abstained
you
would have abstained
he/she/it
would have abstained
we
would have abstained
you
would have abstained
they
would have abstained
Perfect continuous
I
would have been abstaining
you
would have been abstaining
he/she/it
would have been abstaining
we
would have been abstaining
you
would have been abstaining
they
would have been abstaining
Subjunctive
Present
that I
abstain
that you
abstain
that he/she/it
abstain
that we
abstain
that you
abstain
that they
abstain
Past
if I
abstained
if you
abstained
if he/she/it
abstained
if we
abstained
if you
abstained
if they
abstained
Imperative
Affirmative
you
abstain
we
let's abstain
Negative
you
don't abstain
we
let's not abstain
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to abstain
Perfect infinitive
to have abstained
Present participle / gerund
abstaining
Past participle
abstained
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