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stop(verb, hold, break, close, give)
23
desist(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
21
cease(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
19
abstain(verb, stop, hold, control, decline)
17
forbear(verb, stop, hold, control, give)
15
withhold(verb, stop, hold, control, keep)
11
avoid(verb, stop, keep, reject, dismiss)
9
discontinue(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
9
give up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, give)
9
abandon(verb, give, decline, delay, allow)
9
forgo(verb, stop, attack, decline, keep)
8
leave off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, end)
8
curb(verb, stop, control, attack, keep)
8
eschew(verb, stop, decline, keep, reject)
7
renounce(verb, give, decline, keep, reject)
7
stay(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
6
resist(verb, attack, decline, keep, oppose)
5
decline(verb, stop, keep, reject, restrain)
5
pass up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, keep)
5
relinquish(verb, drop, decline, abandon, delay)
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