12
forgo(verb, stop, attack, decline, maintain)
9
avoid(verb, stop, restrain, delay, prevent)
9
renounce(verb, stop, drop, decline, reject)
7
shun(verb, stop, restrain, prevent, avoid)
6
abandon(verb, stop, drop, decline, reject)
6
give up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, drop)
5
do without(verb, expression, get, disregard, ignore)
4
eschew(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain)
3
abjure(verb, stop, give, decline, reject)
3
decline(verb, stop, reject, restrain, abandon)
3
deny(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse)
3
desist(verb, stop, drop, decline, restrain)
3
discontinue(verb, stop, drop, withdraw, renounce)
3
drop(verb, stop, withdraw, renounce)
3
forsake(verb, stop, decline, reject, abandon)
3
give
3
pass up(verb, expression, relinquish, sacrifice, waive)
3
reject(verb, stop, abandon, delay, refuse)
2
abstain(stop, restrain, prevent, avoid, relinquish)
2
dispense(verb, endure, abstain)
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