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| rejection | |
| repressing | |
| repudiation | |
| restraining(adjective, working, engaging, obstructive, maintaining) | |
| restraint(imprisonment, custody, confinement) | |
| thumbs-down | |
| time up the river(noun, expression, idiom, arrest, imprisonment) | |
| turndown | |
| withholding(noun, adjective, delay, arrest, working) | |
| abstaining | |
| abstention | |
| abstinence | |
| accommodating(adjective, working, engaging, maintaining) | |
| arrest(delay, imprisonment, custody, confinement) | |
| arresting(adjective, working, engaging, maintaining) | |
| avoidance | |
| cherishing(adjective, working, engaging, maintaining) | |
| commemorating(adjective, working, engaging, maintaining) | |
| confinement(imprisonment, custody) | |
| confining(adjective, working, engaging, maintaining) |
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