| refrain(verb, stop, hold, attack, maintain) |
| refuse(verb, stop, cut, attack, decline) |
| remit(verb, stop, reduce, reject, abandon) |
| repulse(verb, check, separate, reject, disregard) |
| wait(verb, cool, do, delay, informal) |
| ward off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, cut) |
| deflect(verb, separate, reject, disregard, dismiss) |
| drive away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, check) |
| drive back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, check) |
| parry(verb, cut, separate, cool, slip) |
| pigeonhole(verb, drop, reject, disregard, abandon) |
| procrastinate(verb, reject, cool, halt, delay) |
| protract(verb, reject, halt, delay, stay) |
| put aside(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, drop) |
| resist(verb, cut, check, attack, separate) |
| slacken(delay, decrease, abate) |
| stall(verb, block, delay, extend, prevent) |
| stave off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, cut) |
| stop(verb, check, separate, reduce, release) |
| temporize(verb, cool, halt, delay, hinder) |