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| acerbity | |
| austere | |
| austerity | |
| brush off(expression, disapproval, rejection, veto) | |
| brushoff(noun, disapproval, veto, repudiation, abstinence) | |
| clear-headedness(abstinence, temperance) | |
| clemency | |
| damming | |
| defiance(rejection, refutation, disavowal) | |
| denunciation(rejection, refutation, disavowal) | |
| deterring | |
| dropping | |
| for bearance(expression, idiom, avoidance) | |
| fortitude(noun, avoidance, self-control, patience, resisting) | |
| frugality(self-discipline, self-restraint, self-denial) | |
| gentleness | |
| going easy on(noun, expression, idiom, avoidance, self-control) | |
| going without(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| holding back | |
| holding off(noun, expression, avoidance, abstention) |
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