5
avoided(verb, avoided, withheld, refrained)
3
refrained
3
refused(verb, withdrew, withheld, desisted)
3
shunned(verb, avoided)
2
abstain
2
averted(verb, avoided)
2
declined(verb, avoided)
2
evaded(verb, avoided)
2
renounced(verb, renunciation, renouncement, disclaimer)
2
shirked(verb, avoided)
1
eschewed
1
abstaining
1
bypassed(verb, avoided)
1
circumvented(verb, avoided)
1
desisted
1
dodged(verb, avoided)
1
ducked(verb, avoided)
1
eluded(verb, avoided)
1
escaped(verb, avoided)
1
fasted(verb, starved)
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