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Other obstinate knight’s refusal to drink (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abstention

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'refusal to drink' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'other obstinate knight's' is the wordplay.
'other' indicates anagramming the letters.
'knight' becomes 'n' (chess abbreviation).
'obstinate' anagrammed gives 'abstentio'.
'abstentio'+'n'='ABSTENTION'

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(Other definitions for abstention that I've seen before include "Act of declining to vote" , "endorsing no candidate" , "Withholding of vote" , "forbearance" , "Sitting on fence" .)

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