All abstain synonyms
ab·stain
A a verb abstain
- quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- renounce — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
- forgo — to abstain or refrain from; do without.
- cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- pass up — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- forbear — to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
- decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- spurn — to reject with disdain; scorn.
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- abjure — If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it.
- curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- pass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- abnegate — to deny to oneself; renounce (privileges, pleasure, etc)
- starve — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- desist — If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
- withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- go without — be deprived of, not have
- do without — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- keep from — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- sit on the fence — to be unable or unwilling to commit oneself
- sit out — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
- take the pledge — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- sit on one's hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.