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The phrase "abstains from" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that someone chooses not to engage in a particular activity or behavior.
Example: "She abstains from eating meat for ethical reasons."
Alternatives: "refrains from" or "avoids".
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He drinks coffee, and usually abstains from alcohol.
Wrinkle tastefully abstains from narrating too many of these scenes.
Petrushevskaya is a vegetarian and abstains from alcohol.
Stark and chilling, it abstains from the strategies that traditionally anchor the didactic poster.
You see, he doesn't own a cellphone and abstains from using them.
He said that the resistance abstains from giving his group weapons except for "few Kalashnikovs".
He largely abstains from eating processed foods, preferring to cook from scratch.
These days he abstains from wine and has little taste for gourmet cuisine.
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Abstain from sex.
Both abstained from voting.
And abstain from "Chocolat".
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