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