9
avoid(verb, stop, delay, mind, notice)
6
forbear(verb, stop, free, leave, delay)
6
shun(verb, mind, notice, avoid, attend)
5
eschew(verb, abstain from)
5
stop(verb, end, remove, abandon, halt)
4
abstain(verb, stop, relinquish, cease, discontinue)
4
cease(verb, stop, end, remove, abandon)
3
discontinue(verb, stop, end, abandon, halt)
3
forgo(verb, remove, reject, abandon, allow)
3
help
3
keep from
3
leave(verb, stop, free, abandon, delay)
3
spare(verb, free, leave, pardon, forgive)
2
desist(verb, stop, end, abandon, halt)
2
give up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, end)
2
keep off
2
renounce(verb, stop, remove, reject, abandon)
2
sacrifice
1
abandon(verb, stop, end, halt, delay)
1
absolve(verb, free, leave, excuse, pardon)
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