All nonparticipation synonyms

noun nonparticipation

• abstention — Abstention is a formal act of not voting either for or against a proposal.
• abstaining — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
• refraining — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• evasion — The action of evading something.
• prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
• restraint — a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
• circumvention — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• departure — Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
• dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• dodging — Present participle of dodge.
• elusion — The act of eluding.
• escape — An act of breaking free from confinement or control.
• escapism — The tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy.
• flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
• forbearance — the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
• parry — to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
• recession — a return of ownership to a former possessor.
• recoil — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• self-restraint — restraint imposed on one by oneself; self-control.
• shirking — to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
• shunning — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
• eschewal — The act of eschewing.
• passive resistance — opposition to a government or to specific governmental laws by the use of noncooperation and other nonviolent methods, as economic boycotts and protest marches.