Synonyms of keeping (from)

keeping (from)

verb

present participle of keep (from)

as in withholding (from)

to resist the temptation of

try to keep from eating all the chocolate in one day!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• withholding (from)
• refraining (from)
• abstaining (from)
• avoiding
• denying
• forgoing
• forbearing
• refusing
• abjuring
• eschewing
• shunning
• curbing
• checking
• constraining
• inhibiting
• combating
• rejecting
• fighting
• repudiating
• bucking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• yielding (to)
• submitting (to)
• bowing (to)
• surrendering (to)
• succumbing (to)
• giving in (to)
• conceding (to)
• acquiescing (to)
• knuckling under (to)
• capitulating