SAT vocabulary
Abstinent
Holding oneself back from saying or doing something despite feeling an inclination to do so
Example
"Although eager to offer her opinion on the controversial policy, she chose to remain abstinent until all facts were presented."
Etymology
From Latin abstinere ('to hold back'), from ab- ('from, away') + tenere ('to hold').
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