きけん
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
JLPT N1 Common word
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive
棄権きけんが二に票ひょうあった。
There were two abstentions.
今度こんどの選挙せんきょは棄権きけんするつもりだ。
I don't plan to vote at the upcoming election.
いざ投票とうひょうという時とき、彼かれは棄権きけんした。
When it was time to vote, he abstained.