The phrase "abstaining from even the appearance of evil" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing moral integrity, ethics, or behavior that avoids any semblance of wrongdoing.
Example: "In our community, we believe in abstaining from even the appearance of evil to maintain trust and respect among our members."
Alternatives: "avoiding any hint of wrongdoing" or "steering clear of any semblance of evil."
Avoid even the appearance of wrongdoing.
Scott Shane, a member of that team, said in an email that it's "very tricky to abstain from even marginally newsworthy stuff because of a suspected sinister purpose on the part of the hacker or leaker".
The city's Democratic mayor, Paul Fader, who sits on the planning board, has abstained from any action by the board and from taking a public position on Home Depot in order to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.
She's also become a bit of a reclusive figure, abstaining from public appearances and rarely giving interviews since a 1997 accident covered the bottom half of her body in third-degree burns (this interview was conducted via email).
We can use birth control or abstain from sex, even if the drive to procreate is one of the strongest in nature.
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From our perspective, the answer, and the ultimate truth, is that there simply is no intrinsic evil, just the appearance of it.
The same applies even more with the report's recommendation that "governments should abstain from penetrating the systems of financial institutions and changing the amounts held in accounts there".
There it was again, in 2016, in plain sight: shaming the appearance of someone struggling with addiction to scare others into abstaining from using drugs—or, perhaps in the case of this media organization, to get clicks.
Hume's "concession" that evil and God's existence are compatible may have the appearance of (another) "retreat" from a stronger sceptical position.
With the appearance of Sufism (Islamic mysticism), however, many Sufis preferred celibacy, and some even regarded women as an evil distraction from piety, although marriage remained the normal practice also with Sufis.
