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avstå

verbverb

to refrain, to abstain (from) · to cede, to hand over

EtymologyOpphav

fra lavtysk ‘tre tilbake fra’; jamfør norrønt afstanda from Low German 'to step back from'; compare Old Norse afstanda

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. gi avkall på;
    slutte med     to relinquish;
    to give up doing
    • avstå fra å gjøre noe to refrain from doing something
    • hun har avstått fra sigaretter siden nyttår she has abstained from cigarettes since New Year
  2. avhendeto dispose of, to sell off, to part with, overlateto leave (something to someone) · to hand over, to give up · to abandon (to a fate) to dispose ofavhende, to hand over, to give upoverlate
    • Norge måtte avstå flere landområder til Sverige Norway had to cede several territories to Sweden
    • avstå jord til kommunen to give up land to the municipality