Home › Words › N › nonvotenonvotenonvote means A deliberate act of not voting; an abstention.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, nonvote ranks #8,611 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom non- + vote.nounA deliberate act of not voting; an abstention.e.g.“Lloyd Carr, the Michigan coach, called Tressel’s nonvote “real slick.”” — 2007 January 3, Jeré Longman, “The Two Sides of Jim Tressel”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.abstentionism 64% match — A policy of abstaining or of the desirability of withholding one's vote or other participation with regard to some aspect of the political process. vs nonvote →nonvotable 64% match — Not votable. vs nonvote →undervote 63% match — A vote that has been cast but that shows no legally valid preference for a candidate in an election. vs nonvote →misvote 59% match — To vote incorrectly. vs nonvote →unpolled 58% match — Not polled (included in a vote). vs nonvote →undervoter 58% match — One who undervotes. vs nonvote →abstention 57% match — The act of restraining oneself. vs nonvote →nonabstention 57% match — Absence of abstention; failure to abstain from something. vs nonvote →