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| abstention(noun, avoidance, abstinence, renouncement, continence) | |
| abstinence(noun, restraint, virtue, avoidance, self-control) | |
| forbearance(noun, virtue, moderation, avoidance, self-control) | |
| abstaining(noun, verb, disapproval, rejection, veto) | |
| continence(noun, virtue, abstinence, self-discipline, temperance) | |
| denial(noun, rejection, refusal, dismissal, refutation) | |
| desisting(verb, ceasing) | |
| stopping(verb, ceasing) | |
| abstemiousness(noun, virtue, abstinence, self-discipline, temperance) | |
| avoidance(noun, moderation, self-control, patience, abstinence) | |
| ceasing(verb, ceasing) | |
| halting(verb, ceasing) | |
| neutrality | |
| asceticism(noun, virtue, moderation, abstinence, self-discipline) | |
| celibacy(virtue, self-restraint) | |
| chastity(virtue, self-discipline, self-restraint, self-denial) | |
| checking | |
| chorusing | |
| containing | |
| culminating(verb, ceasing) |
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