Sailors upset at popular elected government refusing to vote (10)

I believe the answer is:

abstaining

'refusing to vote' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'sailors upset at popular elected government' is the wordplay.
'sailors' becomes 'abs' (I've seen this in other clues).
'upset' is a reversal indicator.
'popular' becomes 'in'.
'elected' becomes 'in'.
'government' becomes 'g'.
'at' reversed gives 'ta'.
'abs'+'ta'+'in'+'in'+'g'='ABSTAINING'

(Another definition for abstaining that I've seen is " Refusing to vote".)

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