All abstained synonyms

verb abstained

• desisted — to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
• refrained — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• withdrew — simple past tense of withdraw.
• withheld — to hold back; restrain or check.
• curbed — Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
• ceased — to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
• forwent — simple past tense of forgo.
• quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
• renounced — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
• shunned — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
• abjured — Simple past tense and past participle of abjure.
• abnegated — Simple past tense and past participle of abnegate.
• avoided — to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person; to avoid taxes; to avoid danger.
• constrained — embarrassed, unnatural, or forced
• declined — to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse: He declined to say more about it.
• forbore — simple past tense of forbear1 .
• passed — having completed the act of passing.
• spurned — to reject with disdain; scorn.
• stopped — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.