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