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refrainment(noun, rejection, avoidance, repudiation, renunciation)
2
renunciation(noun, rejection, abandonment)
2
self-restraint(noun, refraining)
2
total abstinence(expression, idiom)
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abstain
1
abstainment
1
abstentions
1
anythingarianism
1
assurance(noun, not risk)
1
banyan day
1
certainty(noun, not risk)
1
cleansing(noun, diet)
1
cop-out
1
cop out
1
desisting
1
desuetude
1
disuse
1
evasion
1
fact(noun, not risk)
1
fasting
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