3
constrain(verb, control, keep, restrain, withdraw)
3
culminate(verb, stop, end, fail, halt)
3
detain(verb, keep, suppress, refuse, deny)
3
do without(verb, expression, decline, withdraw, abandon)
3
lay off
3
leave(verb, give, abandon, delay, allow)
3
measure(noun, piece, harmony, rock, soul)
3
motif(noun, air, response, tune, song)
3
not do(verb, expression, idiom, keep, renounce)
3
remit(verb, cease, ceases)
3
repetend
3
reprise(noun, response)
3
ritornello(noun, repetition)
3
scrub(verb, hold, break, drop, control)
3
shun(verb, stop, reject, restrain, withdraw)
3
sit out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, keep)
3
starve(verb, withdraw, quit, renounce, cease)
3
undersong(noun, response, tune, theme, chorus)
3
waive(verb, drop, give, decline, abandon)
2
abstain from(verb, expression, stop, attack, decline)
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