17
retention(noun, delay, arrest, imprisonment, custody)
6
reservation(noun, act, holding, registration, held)
5
retaining(noun, verb, adjective, working, restriction)
4
deprivation(noun, need, lack, deficiency, away)
4
restraint(noun, control, command, arrest, self-control)
4
suppressing(noun, verb, adjective, working, engaging)
3
holding(noun, verb, adjective, working, engaging)
3
keeping(verb, adjective, working, engaging, maintaining)
3
refusal(noun, responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
3
reserving(verb, adjective, working, engaging, maintaining)
3
suppression(noun, control, command, caution, constraint)
3
turndown(noun, rebuff, snub, ban, rejection)
3
withhold
2
abnegation(rebuff, snub, ban, rejection, denial)
2
concealment(noun, suppression, obscuration, laundromat)
2
control(noun, command, caution, constraint, self-control)
2
declension(rebuff, snub, ban, rejection, denial)
2
declination(rebuff, snub, ban, rejection, denial)
2
denial(rebuff, lack, snub, hardship, deficiency)
2
detain
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