Abstain vs. Obtain — What's the Difference?

To keep oneself from doing, engaging in, or partaking of something; refrain

To succeed in gaining possession of as the result of planning or endeavor; acquire.

To refrain from voting

To be in existence, in effect, or customary

Keep or withhold oneself.

(Archaic) To succeed.

(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence.

(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.

Fast not eat for a period.

To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached.

(intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.

To prevail, be victorious; to succeed.

Hinder; keep back; withhold.

To hold; to keep, possess or occupy.

To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; - with from.

To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.

To hinder; to withhold.

To hold; to keep; to possess.

Refrain from voting

To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way.

Choose no to consume;

To gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer.

To prevail; to succeed.

Come into possession of;

Receive a specified treatment (abstract);

Be valid, applicable, or true;