棄権きけん
kiken

Noun
Suru Verb

1. abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)

Transitive
いざ投票とうひょうというとき、彼かれ棄権きけんした。
iza tōhyōto iu toki karewa kiken shita.
When it was time to vote, he abstained.