| forbear(verb, stop, hold, decline, reject) |
| refrain(verb, stop, hold, control, decline) |
| avoid(verb, stop, hold, reject, dismiss) |
| shun(verb, stop, hold, reject, restrain) |
| eschew(verb, stop, hold, decline, reject) |
| refuse(verb, stop, hold, keep, reject) |
| decline(verb, stop, hold, keep, reject) |
| evade(verb, stop, hold, restrain, withdraw) |
| forgo(verb, stop, hold, decline, reject) |
| desist(verb, stop, decline, reject, dismiss) |
| give up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold) |
| abnegate(verb, hold, reject, withdraw, renounce) |
| renounce(verb, hold, decline, reject, dismiss) |
| withhold(verb, stop, hold, control, keep) |
| abjure(verb, hold, decline, reject, dismiss) |
| fast(verb, hold, withdraw, withhold, refrain) |
| keep(verb, stop, hold, restrain, halt) |
| cease(verb, stop, hold, decline, keep) |
| avert(verb, avoid, escape, dodge, evade) |
| constrain(verb, hold, control, keep, restrain) |