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Verb
Present participle for refrain from drinking alcohol
Present participle for formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion
Present participle for keep or withhold oneself
Present participle for restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight
Present participle for to refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another)
Noun
Abstinence from social activities
An instance of declining to vote for or against a proposal or motion
The act of traversing
Adjective
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite
Not drinking alcohol
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Verb
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Present participle for refrain from drinking alcohol
avoiding
desisting
eschewing
forbearing
refraining
renouncing
shunning
abjuring
declining
forgoing
keeping
refusing
abandoning
quitting
doing without
giving up
going without
holding back
kicking
abnegating
ceasing
constraining
curbing
cutting out
evading
fasting
fence-sitting
passing
relinquishing
spurning
starving
stopping
withdrawing
withholding
having done with
jacking in
packing in
keeping from
passing up
sitting out
staying neutral
not taking sides
taking the cure
giving the go by
going on the wagon
sitting on one's hands
refraining from
forswearing
abstaining from
dropping
swearing off
forsaking
resisting
dispensing with
leaving off
discontinuing
laying off
steering clear of
breaking off
rejecting
halting
repudiating
disavowing
sacrificing
withholding from
restraining
yielding
inhibiting
checking
stopping oneself
giving over
abdicating
denying
escaping
not touching
fighting shy of
giving a wide berth to
desisting from
ending
concluding
belaying
finishing
resigning
not doing
surrendering
surceasing
leaving alone
skipping
resisting the temptation to
arresting
knocking off
foregoing
eluding
disclaiming
dodging
keeping off
shirking
recanting
retracting
packing up
having nothing to do with
ducking
gainsaying
foreswearing
reneging
unsaying
repealing
disaffirming
steering clear
shaking
getting around
denying yourself
giving something a miss
reneging on
suspending
conceding
sitting on the fence
disallowing
turning aside from
waiving
ceding
washing one's hands of
casting aside
turning one's back on
bridling
omitting
pausing
enduring
dispensing
disowning
throwing off
keeping away from
managing without
restraining oneself
taking back
doing away with
washing your hands of
restraining yourself
declining to
going easy
breaking
going
breaking up
elapsing
dying
expiring
closing
terminating
lapsing
dead-ending
determining
calling a stop to
calling a halt to
passing on
parting with
passing by
saying goodbye to
leaving out
disdaining
shutting off
letting up
cutting off
winding up
winking out
finessing
shying
scaping
interrupting
weaseling out of
shying away from
shuffling out of
having no truck with
letting well enough alone
weaselling out of
staying clear of
turning your back on
keeping clear of
avoiding doing
taking the pledge
preventing
averting
precluding
deflecting
shrinking from
shying from
controlling
skipping out on
staying away
restraining from
shaking off
bypassing
circumventing
withstanding
staying away from
diverting
skirting
sidestepping
getting out of
warding off
fending off
breaking the habit of
helping
forbearing from
holding off
neutralising
UK
lacking
needing
lacking for something
going hungry
going short
suffering deprivation
wanting
not having
falling short
denying oneself
prohibiting
providing
nullifying
blocking
counteracting
stalling
obviating
staving off
compensating for
forbidding
impeding
checkmating
anticipating
frustrating
counterbalancing
making up for
offsetting
forestalling
neutralizing
US
interfering with
hindering
deterring
negating
heading off
handing over
ignoring
axing
forfeiting
ditching
disregarding
turning down
losing
delivering up
setting aside
leaving
dismissing
turning over
missing
stepping down from
stepping aside from
discarding
overlooking
brushing aside
neglecting
rendering
scrapping
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
passing over
signing away
putting a stop to
snubbing
laying off of
resigning from
chucking
jettisoning
allowing
granting
scrubbing
junking
withgoing
deserting
calling it a day
remitting
getting off
coughing up
laying down
turning in
bailing out
letting go
letting go of
withdrawing from
giving
putting an end to
throwing in the towel
throwing out
calling it quits
crying off
rebuffing
letting pass
devoting
dedicating
transferring
betraying
disapproving
discounting
delivering
knocking back
reprobating
demitting
excluding
eliminating
vacating
failing to take advantage of
retiring
cutting
abolishing
removing
laying aside
reining in
aborting
quitclaiming
saying no to
baulking at
capitulating
folding
sparing
nixing
dropping out
yielding up
rescinding
dumping
restraining oneself from
balking at
offering up
revoking
preventing oneself from
shelving
look down one's nose at
not accepting
negativing
losing out on
disposing of
pulling out of
opting out
bagging it
escaping from
finishing with
hanging it up
calling off
throwing away
throwing in the sponge
casting off
packing it in
knocking something on the head
paying with
bringing to an end
cutting short
leaving behind
throwing up
retiring from
bringing to a halt
eighty-sixing
standing down from
coming off
squandering
wasting
pledging
consecrating
immolating
offering
deselecting
missing out on
letting go by
forletting
blowing
disinheriting
disgorging
extending
volunteering
submitting
bringing to a close
putting the kibosh on
stopping trying
rendering needless
paying for
not heeding
scratching
managing not to
giving away
divorcing
jilting
going cold turkey
botching
frittering away
expending
getting rid of
bucking
deferring
postponing
putting aside
getting along without
getting by without
proffering
releasing
backing off from
checking out from
prostituting
bequeathing
giving the thumbs down to
missing out
kiboshing
calling it quits on
surceasing from
staying
tabling
reserving
proroguing
delaying
wiping out
breaking with
parting from
dusting off
forgetting about
nipping something in the bud
killing
carving
excising
isolating
marginalizing
US
ousting
extirpating
severing
usurping
extracting
exsecting
deleting
abalienating
vouchsafing
making over
communicating
remising
according
blowing off
skimming over
fleeing
committing
letting slip
failing to grasp
failing to take
dropping the ball
gifting
holding up
putting off
backing out
sacrificing something
kissing goodbye to
kissing goodbye
stopping using
retreating
playing hooky
giving a miss
bunking off
giving way
forking over
giving in
coming across with
signing over
checking oneself
bringing to a stop
giving something the chop
shutting down
backing out of
closing down
shipping out
closing out
pulling the plug on
stopping having
freeing
marginalising
UK
cutting dead
taking away
taking out
preventing yourself from
stopping oneself from
shedding
repulsing
giving notice
exorcising
UK
cashiering
exorcizing
US
tossing
pitching
unloading
binning
demurring
demurring at
sluffing off
laying by
deep-sixing
flinging away
sloughing off
shucking off
flinging off
flinging
seceding
getting on the wagon
cutting it out
kicking over
quitting cold
kicking the habit
wrapping up
sewing up
recalling
swearing
contradicting
spending
allocating
turning a blind eye to
refusing to take advantage of
selling out
signing off
ending service
ceasing work
standing aside
stepping down
leaving high and dry
leaving in the lurch
leaving holding the bag
dissociating from
shaking one's head
leaving your job
separating oneself from
washing hands of
handing in resignation
divorcing oneself from
giving the thumbs down
giving the red light
handing in your notice
giving up the ship
giving up your job
more ❯
“Pregnant women have been urged to
abstain
from alcohol by scientists who claim that even small amounts can damage the development of a baby's brain.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion
declining to vote
refusing to vote
sitting on the fence
“Also, a member state could
abstain
in a vote and make a formal declaration that it would not be bound by the vote.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for keep or withhold oneself
denying oneself
taking the pledge
abstaining from food
going hungry
denying oneself food
eating nothing
going without food
refraining from food
refraining from eating
starving oneself
starving
refraining
fasting
dieting
going on hunger strike
not eating
practising abstention
forbearing
famishing
Verb
▲
Present participle for restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight
dieting
fasting
slimming
reducing
slenderizing
eating selectively
eating sparingly
losing weight
starving
following a diet
counting calories
cutting back
cutting down
falling off
going without
slimming down
tightening belt
watching weight
watching your weight
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another)
withholding
retaining
hiding
keeping
reserving
concealing
holding
refusing
stopping
forbearing
keeping secret
refraining
suppressing
bridling
constraining
deducting
detaining
holding back
inhibiting
keeping back
killing
resisting
sitting on
spiking
failing to disclose
holding on to
keeping hold of
keeping yourself
refusing to give
stopping yourself
clamming up
dummying up
holding down
holding out
stopping oneself
holding out on
keeping to oneself
keeping under wraps
keeping under one's hat
Noun
▲
Abstinence from social activities
nonparticipation
abstention
holding back
refraining
temperance
abstinence
abstemiousness
teetotalism
self-denial
continence
sobriety
soberness
moderation
self-abnegation
self-restraint
clear-headedness
moderateness
nonindulgence
non-indulgence
avoidance
forbearance
nephalism
asceticism
self-control
fasting
frugality
self-discipline
abnegation
renunciation
Noun
▲
An instance of declining to vote for or against a proposal or motion
abstention
non-voting
sitting on the fence
refusal to vote
Noun
▲
The act of traversing
traversal
abnegation
adjuration
brush-off
contradiction
declination
disaffirmation
disapproval
disavowal
disclaimer
disproof
dissent
forswearing
nay
negation
negative
nix
nonacceptance
prohibition
protestation
rebuff
rebuttal
refutal
refutation
rejection
renouncement
renunciation
repudiation
repulse
retraction
statement
turndown
veto
cold shoulder
controversion
disaffirmance
disallowance
dismissing
gainsaying
noncommittal
no way
refraining
refusing
rejecting
renegement
repudiating
abjuration
disconfirmation
counterstatement
denegation
dismissal
retractation
confutation
denial
denunciation
defiance
statement abnegation
refusal
thumbs down
knock-back
snub
kick in the teeth
no
spurning
pass
exclusion
repulsion
brushoff
slap in the face
the old heave-ho
nothing doing
slight
non-acceptance
discouragement
cold-shouldering
disfavor
US
knockback
regrets
nonconsent
discountenancing
ban
proscription
noncompliance
disfavour
UK
interdiction
silent treatment
smack in the eye
writ
reversal
smack in the face
declension
hard time
forbidding
enjoinment
choice
withholding
the elbow
disappointment
reverse
failure
declining
disowning
abandonment
eschewal
cut
defeat
opposition
check
bounce
bum's rush
elimination
turning down
kick in teeth
no go
no dice
casting off
put-down
reprimand
insult
go-by
putdown
rebuke
demurral
declinature
negative response
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite
abstinent
abstemious
sober
temperate
continent
self-denying
abstentious
moderate
self-abnegating
self-controlled
ascetic
dry
forbearing
self-restraining
teetotal
disciplined
controlled
nonindulgent
abnegating
eschewing
inhibited
forgoing
constrained
self-possessed
frugal
spartan
austere
celibate
severe
monkish
puritanical
monastic
anchoritic
solitary
nunlike
cloistered
reclusive
strict
chaste
Spartan
stern
eremitic
rigorous
hermitic
harsh
monklike
mortified
ascetical
other-worldly
non-indulgent
self-disciplined
hair-shirt
restrained
simple
self-restrained
withdrawn
economical
meagre
UK
secluded
meager
US
hermit-like
sequestered
sparing
cheap
hermetic
stringent
rigid
moderating
scant
scanty
plain
insufficient
skimpy
paltry
inexpensive
retiring
isolated
modest
bridled
curbed
contemplative
exacting
fuel-saving
fuel-efficient
energy-efficient
energy-saving
solemn
cenobitic
conventual
quiet
introverted
unsociable
antisocial
seclusive
misanthropic
recluse
single
refraining
straightlaced
meditative
monachal
cloistral
coenobitic
secluse
reserved
lone
eremitical
standoffish
virgin
unmarried
oblate
self-sacrificing
virginal
strait-laced
husbandless
spouseless
unwed
wifeless
pure
shut away
maiden
intact
nunnish
maidenly
thrifty
virtuous
provident
saving
careful
prudent
unwasteful
canny
parsimonious
scrimping
sensible
cautious
miserly
penny-pinching
forehanded
ungenerous
grasping
close-fisted
stingy
tight
cheese-paring
tight-fisted
economizing
US
mingy
cheeseparing
penny-wise
chary
economising
UK
conserving
meticulous
discreet
wary
preserving
tightwad
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not drinking alcohol
on the wagon
abstinent
abstemious
dry
sober
nonindulgent
restrained
unintoxicated
cold sober
drying out
free of alcohol
not drinking
not drunk
not partaking of alcohol
period of abstinence
stone cold sober
sworn off
took the pledge
nondrinking
avoiding alcohol
off the booze
off the sauce
teetotal
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