1
retain
1
reticence
1
retracting(verb, withdrawing)
1
reversal(rebuff, snub, ban, rejection, denial)
1
revoking(verb, withdrawing)
1
silencing(noun, suppression)
1
skip(noun, slip, breach, lapse, failing)
1
slighting(noun, adjective, slip, breach, lapse)
1
slip(noun, breach, lapse, failing, error)
1
snub(verb, rebuff, rejection, denial, brushoff)
1
stop
1
thumbs-down
1
thumbs down(expression, rebuff, snub, ban, exclusion)
1
time up the river(expression, idiom, delay, arrest, imprisonment)
1
withdrawal(noun, lack, hostility, separation, hardship)
1
withdrawing(verb, withdrawing)
1
withheld
1
writ(rebuff, snub, ban, rejection, denial)
0
abstemiousness(noun, control, command, self-control, self-possession)
0
abstinence(noun, control, command, caution, constraint)
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