Related Words for abstain

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refrain
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Verb, Noun
desist
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Noun, Verb
consume
x/
Verb, Verb
abstention
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Noun
abstinent
/xx
Adjective
abjure
//
Verb
eschew
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Verb
shun
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Noun
withdraw
x/
Verb
abide
x/
Verb
renege
x/
Verb
renounce
x/
Verb
admonish
x/x
Verb
oppose
x/
Verb
reject
x/
Verb
imbibe
x/
Verb
vote
/
Noun
forbear
x/
Verb
partake
x/
Verb
indulge
x/
Verb
repudiate
x/xx
Verb
forgo
x/
Verb
refusing
x/x
Verb
expel
x/
Verb
proscribe
x/
Verb
quit
/
Verb
disapprove
xx/
Verb
voluntarily
xx/xx
Adverb
tolerate
/xx
Verb
acquit
x/
Verb
approve
x/
Verb
drink
/
Noun
obliged
x/
Verb
deciding
x/x
Verb
intercourse
/xx
Noun
remonstrate
/xx
Verb
procreate
/x/
Verb
fasting
/x
Noun
dissuade
x/
Verb
retaliate
x/xx
Verb
acquiesce
xx/
Verb
condemn
x/
Verb
spurn
/
Verb
eating
/x
Noun
avoid
x/
Verb
affirm
x/
Verb
forsake
x/
Verb
preferring
x/x
Verb
choose
/
Verb
rescind
x/
Verb
discriminate
x/xx
Verb
participate
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Verb
forbidden
/xx
Verb
defer
x/
Verb
withhold
x/
Verb
abandon
x/x
Verb
censure
/x
Noun
punish
/x
Verb
deviate
/xx
Verb
virtuously
/xxx
Adverb
reprove
x/
Verb
postpone
x/
Verb
subsist
x/
Verb
tempted
/x
Verb
relinquish
x/x
Verb
disown
x/
Verb
persuaded
x/x
Verb
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
unwise
x/
Adjective
ignore
x/
Verb
restrain
x/
Verb
ordain
x/
Verb
repent
x/
Verb
fain
/
Noun
overeat
/xx
Verb
disengage
xx/
Verb
habitually
x/xxx
Adverb
disinclined
xx/
Verb
consented
x/x
Verb
unanimously
x/xxx
Adverb
indulgence
x/x
Noun
adopt
x/
Verb
hold in
/x
Phrase, Verb
keep to oneself
//x/
Phrase, Verb
stand back
//
Phrase, Verb
abstract
x/
Name
keep from
//
Phrase, Verb
abhor
x/
Verb
hold
/
Noun
keep back
//
Phrase, Verb
stay
/
Verb
contain
x/
Verb
hold back
//
Phrase, Verb
keep out
//
Phrase, Verb
spare
/
Adjective
inhibit
x/x
Verb
keep off
//
Phrase, Verb
keep
/
Verb
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
hold out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
help
/
Noun
keep out of
///
Phrase, Verb
retain
x/
Verb
detain
x/
Verb
hold off
//
Phrase, Verb
intoxicants
x/xx
Noun
fornication
/x/x
Noun
lusts
/
Noun
intoxicating
x/xxx
Verb
meats
/
Noun
coitus
/x
Noun
immorality
xx/xx
Noun
liquors
/x
Noun
baseness
/x
Noun
dogmatism
/xxx
Noun
accords
x/
Noun, Verb
accumulate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
acquire
x/x
Verb
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
avail
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
believe
x/
Verb
cease
/
Verb, Noun
cede
/
Verb
concede
x/
Verb
confess
x/
Verb
deny
x/
Verb
depart
x/
Verb, Noun
deprive
x/
Verb
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
employ
x/
Verb, Noun
forbearance
x/x
Noun
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
have
/
Verb, Noun
hollow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
imperfect
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ingest
x/
Verb, Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
remember
x/x
Verb
residence
/xx
Noun
resist
x/
Verb, Noun
rests
/
Verb
reticence
/xx
Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
speak
/
Verb, Noun
stop
/
Verb, Noun
take
/
Verb, Noun
take in
/x
Phrase, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
turnout
/x
Noun
warranty
/xx
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective