2
repeat(noun, response)
2
repress(verb, control, keep, restrain, suppress)
2
reserve(verb, keep, delay, suppress, refuse)
2
response(noun, tune)
2
shut down(expression, stop, hold, break, drop)
2
solo(air, tune, melody)
2
spurn(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, refuse)
2
stand aloof(expression, idiom, inaction)
2
surcease(verb, stop, end, fail, halt)
2
suspend(verb, cease, ceases)
2
swear off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, abandon)
2
take the cure(verb, expression, idiom, decline, keep)
2
turn down(verb, expression, stop, attack, reject)
1
abdicate(verb, decline, abandon, quit, resist)
1
abide(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
1
abort
1
acoustic(piece, harmony, rock, soul, tune)
1
addendum
1
afterthought
1
anacrusis
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