| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I abstain |
| you abstain |
| he/she/it abstains |
| we abstain |
| you all abstain |
| they abstain |
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| I am abstaining |
| you are abstaining |
| he/she/it is abstaining |
| we are abstaining |
| you all are abstaining |
| they are abstaining |
|
| I have abstained |
| you have abstained |
| he/she/it has abstained |
| we have abstained |
| you all have abstained |
| they have abstained |
|
| I have been abstaining |
| you have been abstaining |
| he/she/it has been abstaining |
| we have been abstaining |
| you all have been abstaining |
| they have been abstaining |
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| Past |
| I abstained |
| you abstained |
| he/she/it abstained |
| we abstained |
| you all abstained |
| they abstained |
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| I was abstaining |
| you were abstaining |
| he/she/it was abstaining |
| we were abstaining |
| you all were abstaining |
| they were abstaining |
|
| I had abstained |
| you had abstained |
| he/she/it had abstained |
| we had abstained |
| you all had abstained |
| they had abstained |
|
| I had been abstaining |
| you had been abstaining |
| he/she/it had been abstaining |
| we had been abstaining |
| you all had been abstaining |
| they had been abstaining |
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| Future |
| I will abstain |
| you will abstain |
| he/she/it will abstain |
| we will abstain |
| you all will abstain |
| they will abstain |
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| I will be abstaining |
| you will be abstaining |
| he/she/it will be abstaining |
| we are abstaining |
| you all will be abstaining |
| they will be abstaining |
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| I will have abstained |
| you will have abstained |
| he/she/it will have abstained |
| we will have abstained |
| you all will have abstained |
| they will have abstained |
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| I will have been abstaining |
| you will have been abstaining |
| he/she/it will have been abstaining |
| we will have been abstaining |
| you all will have been abstaining |
| they will have been abstaining |
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