〔権利を〕renounce, give up, abandon ((a right));〔投票を〕abstain ((from voting));〔競馬などで〕withdraw one's entry;〔競技で〕default, withdraw ((from a race))
- 市長選の投票を棄権した
- He did not vote in the mayoral election.
- 賛成53,反対20,棄権13
- 〔投票で〕53 in favor, 20 opposed, 13 abstentions
- 彼はレースの直前に棄権した
- He withdrew from the race at the last minute.
- 競技を棄権した
- He dropped out of the tournament.