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abstinence(rejection, diet, avoidance, repudiation)
9
avoidance(rejection, repudiation, renunciation, abstinence)
6
refraining(avoidance, abstinence, renouncement, continence)
6
sobriety
5
abstemiousness
5
celibacy(abstinence, chastity)
5
continence(abstinence, renouncement, chastity)
5
self-denial
4
chastity
3
abstaining(abstinence, renouncement, refraining, nonparticipation)
3
inaction(avoidance, not risk, noninvolvement, noninterventionism)
3
teetotalism
3
temperance(rejection, repudiation, renunciation)
2
eschewal(surrender, rebuff, yielding, rejection)
2
forbearance
2
non-indulgence
2
refrainment(rejection, avoidance, repudiation, renunciation)
2
renunciation(rejection, abandonment)
2
self-restraint
1
assurance
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