8
stifle(verb, make, force, cover, restrain)
7
abstain(verb, stop, hold, control, keep)
7
begrudge(verb, decline, reject, oppose, restrain)
7
constrain(verb, stop, hold, control, make)
7
control(noun, verb, stop, hold, place)
7
deprive(verb, stop, make, force, decline)
7
grudge(restrain, spare, confine, refusal, parsimony)
7
hide(verb, cover, keep, restrain, block)
7
keep secret(verb, expression, idiom, cover, keep)
7
stint(verb, slight, spare, save, parsimony)
6
bridle(noun, verb, stop, hold, control)
6
hinder(verb, stop, hold, control, check)
6
restrict(verb, stop, hold, control, cut)
6
stop(verb, hold, control, check, decline)
5
disclaim(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
5
forbid(verb, stop, decline, reduce, reject)
5
forgo(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain)
5
hold in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
5
keep from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, cover)
5
limit(noun, verb, stop, hold, control)
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