| abnegate(verb, reject, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| deny(verb, reject, dismiss, restrain, suppress) |
| deny oneself(verb, expression, idiom, withdraw, quit) |
| hold(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose) |
| hold off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold) |
| melt(verb, moderate, yield, surrender, quit) |
| precursor(noun, antecedent, pioneer, forerunner, predecessor) |
| progenitor |
| resist(verb, attack, decline, oppose, pass) |
| suffer(verb, stop, give, attack, maintain) |
| abjure(verb, decline, reject, dismiss, withdraw) |
| ancestor |
| discontinue(verb, stop, relinquish, cease) |
| dispense with(verb, expression, phrasal verb, disuse) |
| have pity(verb, expression, moderate, yield, surrender) |
| help |
| keep back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, control, restrain) |
| leave off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, restrain) |
| let go(verb, expression, give, free, withdraw) |
| neglect(verb, give, delay, allow, avoid) |