| refrain(verb, stop, hold, control, give) |
| abstain(verb, stop, hold, decline, reject) |
| eschew(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain) |
| desist(verb, stop, give, decline, reduce) |
| forgo(verb, stop, attack, decline, reject) |
| avoid(verb, stop, reject, dismiss, restrain) |
| refrain from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, free) |
| cease(verb, stop, give, restrain, withdraw) |
| hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, restrain) |
| stop(verb, drop, give, reduce, release) |
| curb(verb, stop, control, attack, maintain) |
| keep(verb, stop, hold, restrain, halt) |
| restrain(verb, stop, halt, suppress, prevent) |
| sacrifice(verb, stop, decline, restrain, withdraw) |
| spare(verb, free, leave, quit, relax) |
| decline(verb, stop, reject, restrain, withdraw) |
| escape(verb, stop, restrain, prevent, resist) |
| omit(verb, stop, give, restrain, allow) |
| relent(verb, free, leave, yield, surrender) |
| relinquish(verb, stop, drop, decline, withdraw) |