棄権 (きけん) — abstention (from voting)
棄権 is read きけん and listed as a noun. Meaning: abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest).
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- 廃棄 はいき disposal
- 棄却 ききゃく rejection
- 自棄 やけ desperation
- 破棄 はき tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents)
- 放棄 ほうき abandonment
- 三権 さんけん the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial)
- 中央集権 ちゅうおうしゅうけん centralized authoritarian rule
- 権利 けんり right
- 権限 けんげん power
- 権益 けんえき rights and interests (esp. those a country holds abroad)
- 版権 はんけん copyright
- 越権 えっけん going beyond authority