renounced — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
rejected — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
denied — to withhold something from, or refuse to grant a request of: to deny a beggar.
abjured — Simple past tense and past participle of abjure.
shunned — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
refrained — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
abstained — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
declined — to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse: He declined to say more about it.
