how to pronounce воздержание

/vəzʲdʲɪrˈʐanʲɪje/

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воздержание is pronounced in five syllables

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zʲ

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dʲ

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nʲ

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An example use of воздержание in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… это удержание воздержание от …”

meanings of воздержание

noun:

Celibacy (the condition or state of being celibate).
Abstinence (the act or practice of abstaining).

воздержание frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word воздержание occurs in russian on average 1.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.