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The phrase "refrain from engagement" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you want to express that someone should avoid participating in something or should not get involved. For example: "The Prime Minister advised citizens to refrain from engagement in public activities during the pandemic".
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"Maybe my great ambition, such as it is, is to refrain from engagement with systems that purport to tell me what I'm worth compared to anyone else," she writes.
President Barack Obama's decision to refrain from engagement in 2013 was criticized as feckless at the time and is cited now as one of the reasons that Trump was forced to act.
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What matters is that it is now time for a new chapter with the United Nations, because refraining from engagement is the wrong policy, especially since Iran is eager to engage and promote the Iranian narrative.
The AwI Seminar seeks to strengthen students' motivation and commitment to academic integrity by increasing their responsibility judgements (i.e., the extent to which believe they are personally responsible for refraining from engagement in various forms of academic dishonesty) and decreasing their tendency to disengage that sense of responsibility.
We ask all dancers to refrain from accepting engagements to perform any Graham work".
His growing political activism paralleled a larger shift among Christian conservatives, many of whom had previously refrained from secular engagement.
Iraqi Shiites refrain from retaliating.
He planned to refrain from the latter.
He may refrain from provocations in Georgia.
First, refrain from hype.
If not, refrain from posting.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com