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121 entries under refrain topic. ×

6
leave(verb, give, free, withdraw, abandon)
6
pause(verb, stop, restrain, prevent, resist)
6
shun(verb, stop, reject, restrain, withdraw)
5
bridle(verb, stop, control, restrain, suppress)
5
do without(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, withdraw)
5
endure(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
5
give up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, give)
5
renounce(verb, give, decline, reject, dismiss)
4
abnegate(verb, reject, withdraw, abandon, yield)
4
deny oneself(verb, expression, idiom, withdraw, quit)
4
hold(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
4
hold off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
4
suffer(verb, stop, give, attack, maintain)
3
abjure(verb, decline, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
3
keep back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, control, restrain)
3
neglect(verb, give, delay, allow, avoid)
3
pass up(verb, expression, decline, reject, withdraw)
3
starve(verb, withdraw, quit, renounce, cease)
2
abide(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
2
abstain from(verb, expression, stop, attack, decline)
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