7
withhold(verb, stop, hold, restrain, withdraw)
6
evade(verb, stop, restrain, withdraw, prevent)
6
forebear
6
inhibit(verb, stop, control, restrain, halt)
6
keep from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, attack)
6
leave(verb, give, free, withdraw, abandon)
6
pause(verb, stop, restrain, prevent, resist)
6
relax(verb, stop, reduce, release, moderate)
6
shun(verb, stop, reject, restrain, withdraw)
6
tolerate(verb, bear, stand, forgive)
5
bridle(verb, stop, control, restrain, suppress)
5
dismiss(verb, reject, refuse, deny, spurn)
5
do without(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, withdraw)
5
endure(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
5
forgive(verb, stop, reduce, release, free)
5
give quarter(verb, expression, idiom, moderate, yield)
5
give up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, give)
5
pardon(noun, verb, stop, reduce, release)
5
renounce(verb, give, decline, reject, dismiss)
5
waive(verb, give, decline, withdraw, abandon)
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