Possible Clues:

• Doesn't vote
• Chooses not to do
• Declines to vote
• Lays off, with 'from'
• Refrains from making sailors accept taint of guilt
• Doesn't say yes or no
• Avoids sailors - it's an affectation
• Stays away from upper classes with stigmas
• Avoids a bad start on colours
• Doesn't partake