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All abstain synonyms

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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.
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