95 entries under avoid topic. ×

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abstain(verb, stop, hold, control, decline)
17
forbear(verb, stop, hold, control, give)
9
give up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, give)
9
abandon(verb, give, decline, delay, allow)
9
forgo(verb, stop, attack, decline, keep)
8
curb(verb, stop, control, attack, keep)
8
eschew(verb, stop, decline, keep, reject)
8
hold(verb, stop, break, drop, close)
7
check(verb, stop, control, attack, keep)
7
renounce(verb, give, decline, keep, reject)
7
stay(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
5
relinquish(verb, drop, decline, abandon, delay)
4
hold off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
4
keep from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, attack)
3
abjure(verb, decline, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
3
leave(verb, give, abandon, delay, allow)
3
shun(verb, stop, reject, restrain, withdraw)
2
abstain from(verb, expression, stop, attack, decline)
2
continue(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
2
evade(verb, stop, restrain, withdraw, prevent)
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