abstain vs meet with

abstain

verb
  • Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present. 

  • Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. 

meet with

verb
  • To contact or touch (something). 

  • To have a meeting with (someone). 

  • To strike (something). 

  • To answer (something) with; to respond to (something) with. 

  • To encounter; to experience. 

How often have the words abstain and meet with occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )