| suspend(verb, stop, drop, reduce, reject) |
| defer(verb, stop, hold, drop, reduce) |
| hold up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold) |
| postpone(verb, stop, hold, drop, reduce) |
| shelve(verb, stop, drop, reduce, reject) |
| delay(verb, stop, hold, drop, reduce) |
| table(verb, hold, drop, reject, disregard) |
| put off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold) |
| waive(verb, drop, reject, disregard, abandon) |
| hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, cut) |
| abstain(verb, stop, hold, restrain, prevent) |
| adjourn(verb, stop, reject, do, halt) |
| repel(verb, stop, check, attack, decline) |
| check(verb, stop, cut, attack, separate) |
| put on ice(verb, expression, idiom, hold, drop) |
| stay(verb, stop, drop, attack, reduce) |
| fend off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, check) |
| forbear(verb, stop, hold, attack, reduce) |
| rebuff(verb, cut, check, decline, separate) |
| rebut(verb, cut, check, separate, cool) |