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Verb
Present participle for to refrain from doing something
Present participle for formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion
Present participle for to not drink alcohol
Present participle for to restrict oneself to small amounts or specific types of food to lose weight
Present participle for to restrict one's consumption, typically of food
Noun
Abstinence or self-denial in the use or indulgence of something
An instance of declining to vote for or against a proposal or motion
The action of denying something
Adjective
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite
Not drinking alcohol
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▲
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refrain from doing something
avoiding
desisting
eschewing
forbearing
refraining
renouncing
shunning
declining
forgoing
keeping
refusing
abandoning
quitting
doing without
giving up
going without
holding back
kicking
ceasing
constraining
curbing
cutting out
evading
fasting
fence-sitting
passing
relinquishing
starving
stopping
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
sitting on one's hands
sitting on the fence
“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 to not drink alcohol
denying oneself
taking the pledge
going on the wagon
forgoing
eschewing
giving up
forbearing
refraining from
renouncing
refraining
forswearing
swearing off
abstaining from
desisting
avoiding
quitting
abjuring
doing without
stopping
dropping
resisting
keeping from
kicking
forsaking
withholding from
abandoning
ceasing
discontinuing
steering clear of
leaving off
cutting out
laying off
packing in
going without
checking
holding back
withholding
breaking off
desisting from
halting
keeping
inhibiting
curbing
shunning
refusing
foregoing
stopping oneself
dispensing with
leaving alone
passing up
giving a wide berth to
jacking in
giving over
ending
restraining
declining
finishing
repudiating
spurning
disavowing
evading
skipping
relinquishing
rejecting
escaping
keeping off
not doing
fighting shy of
knocking off
not touching
sitting out
resisting the temptation to
giving something a miss
packing up
waiving
concluding
belaying
breaking
dodging
shirking
surceasing
sacrificing
arresting
steering clear
getting around
avoiding doing something
shaking
forbearing from
having nothing to do with
passing on
stopping oneself from
leaving out
restraining oneself from
enduring
dispensing
bridling
omitting
keeping away from
managing without
turning aside from
laying off of
kicking over
letting up
preventing oneself from
ceasing to indulge in
quitting cold
kicking the habit
calling it quits
breaking up
shutting off
cutting off
holding back from
restraining yourself
declining to
going easy
suspending
pausing
yielding
eluding
resigning
disclaiming
abnegating
abdicating
denying
disdaining
ducking
finessing
shying
scaping
disaffirming
gainsaying
calling a stop to
calling a halt to
having done with
preventing
averting
weaseling out of
shying away from
shuffling out of
having no truck with
letting well enough alone
reneging on
weaselling out of
staying clear of
turning your back on
keeping clear of
precluding
shrinking from
shying from
skipping out on
staying away
restraining from
shaking off
bypassing
circumventing
withstanding
staying away from
skirting
sidestepping
lacking
needing
lacking for something
going hungry
going short
suffering deprivation
wanting
not having
falling short
missing out on
getting out of
warding off
fending off
breaking the habit of
helping
holding off
neutralising
UK
prohibiting
nullifying
blocking
counteracting
obviating
staving off
impeding
anticipating
counterbalancing
making up for
neutralizing
US
interfering with
hindering
negating
heading off
passing
interrupting
taking the cure
terminating
winding up
elapsing
determining
dead-ending
winking out
closing
lapsing
expiring
going
dying
axing
bringing to an end
coming to an end
calling it a day
putting an end to
bringing to a halt
putting a stop to
cutting short
ditching
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
withdrawing
cutting
disappearing
vanishing
chucking
scrapping
intermitting
pulling the plug on
packing it in
biting the dust
dying away
abating
getting off
drawing to a close
fading away
resigning from
aborting
backing off from
checking out from
abolishing
doing away with
getting rid of
calling it quits on
phasing out
pulling out of
reining in
giving the chop
scrubbing
fading
calling off
running out
blowing over
evaporating
bringing to a close
dwindling
giving a rest
intervening
cutting it out
knocking something on the head
becoming obsolete
dying down
coming to a standstill
petering out
ceasing to exist
coming to a stop
melting away
coming to a halt
passing away
fizzling out
running its course
evanishing
becoming void
dying out
becoming invalid
standing down from
giving up on
letting alone
calling a halt
relenting
trailing off
going by
tailing off
bringing to end
obstructing
closing off
adjourning
subsiding
evanescing
going dead
severing
bringing to a standstill
recessing
disrupting
breaking into
cutting into
disturbing
saying goodbye to
throwing in the sponge
throwing in the towel
putting the kibosh on
stopping trying
forletting
getting on the wagon
hanging it up
sewing up
wrapping up
lying by
resting
spelling
stopping doing
jacking it in
going cold turkey
escaping from
departing
waning
dissolving
ebbing
staying
quitting cold turkey
closing out
culminating
bringing to a stop
shutting down
failing
backing off
coming to a close
closing down
killing
disuniting
disconnecting
interposing
dissevering
separating
blowing off
disjoining
parting
bagging it
slipping away
transpiring
flying by
ignoring
parting from
scratching
withdrawing from
dusting off
divorcing
finishing with
forgetting about
wiping out
throwing up
revoking
retiring from
crying off
parting with
shelving
rescinding
repealing
eighty-sixing
remitting
breaking with
forfeiting
jilting
kiboshing
surceasing from
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to restrict oneself to small amounts or specific types of food to lose weight
dieting
slimming
fasting
starving
slenderizing
losing weight
cutting down
watching your weight
slimming down
counting calories
cutting back
eating selectively
eating sparingly
following a diet
going without
Verb
▲
Present participle for to restrict one's consumption, typically of food
fasting
abstaining from food
going hungry
denying oneself food
eating nothing
going without food
refraining from eating
refraining from food
starving oneself
denying oneself
dieting
macerating
refraining
starving
famishing
forbearing
practising abstention
not eating
going on hunger strike
Noun
▲
Abstinence or self-denial in the use or indulgence of something
temperance
abstinence
abstemiousness
asceticism
continence
restraint
austerity
abstention
temperateness
forbearance
willpower
refraining
abnegation
control
refrainment
astringency
eschewal
forgoing
mortification
avoidance
self-discipline
self-denial
self-restraint
self-control
self-mastery
self-command
self-containment
self-government
non-indulgence
self-abnegation
self-deprivation
strength of will
lack of indulgence
strength of mind
holding off
moderation
holding back
soberness
clear-headedness
teetotalism
moderateness
nonindulgence
sobriety
nonparticipation
shunning
renunciation
frugality
desisting
withholding
declining
keeping
forbearing
fasting
doing without
avoidance of
eschewal of
abjuration of
renunciation of
going without
refusal of
self-sacrifice
nephalism
uninebriation
unintoxication
prohibition
Rechabitism
dryness
resignation
puritanism
repudiation
plain living
judiciousness
severity
ascetic
renouncement
going easy on
simple living
desistance
constraint
prudence
moderatism
more ❯
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 action of denying something
denial
contradiction
disclaimer
negation
repudiation
dissent
retraction
abjuration
disavowal
rebuttal
refutation
counterstatement
denegation
disallowance
disconfirmation
dismissal
rejection
adjuration
confutation
disaffirmation
retractation
brush-off
controversion
defiance
denunciation
disapproval
dismissing
disproof
forswearing
gainsaying
negative
nix
noncommittal
prohibition
protestation
refraining
refusing
refutal
rejecting
renegement
repudiating
cold shoulder
no way
statement abnegation
abnegation
renunciation
disowning
withdrawal
nullification
revocation
abrogation
annulment
refusal
reversal
recall
volte-face
about-face
contraversion
backpedaling
US
unsaying
renouncing
reneging
backtracking
recantation
palinode
backpedalling
UK
countering
disclaiming
veto
renouncement
cancellation
UK
opposite
antithesis
disproving
cancelation
US
invalidation
relinquishment
eschewal
no
contravention
disproval
rebuff
dissension
dispute
opposition
giving up
apostasy
renege
disaffirmance
nonacceptance
disassociation
dissociation
voiding
repeal
spurning
declination
turndown
conflict
abstention
non placet
nay
disacknowledgement
refuting
disputation
challenge
refrainment
backdown
disclamation
dissolution
avoidance
abolishment
rescinding
quashing
abatement
abolition
defeasance
rescindment
knock-back
thumbs down
turning down
self-denial
casting aside
casting off
reverse
contrary
refusal to acknowledge
inverse
converse
lack
absence
rebutter
surrejoinder
antonym
want
deficiency
rejoinder
counterclaim
counterargument
counteraccusation
defence
UK
countercharge
defense
US
replication
surrebutter
proscription
neutralization
US
counterpart
negatory
nonexistence
blank
neutralisation
UK
answer
reply
forget it
counter-argument
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
self-restrained
simple
economical
meagre
UK
meager
US
sparing
withdrawn
cheap
stringent
rigid
moderating
restricted
scant
scanty
plain
insufficient
skimpy
paltry
secluded
inexpensive
modest
bridled
curbed
contemplative
hermit-like
sequestered
exacting
fuel-saving
fuel-efficient
energy-efficient
energy-saving
solemn
cenobitic
conventual
quiet
single
refraining
straightlaced
meditative
monachal
cloistral
coenobitic
virgin
unmarried
hermetic
oblate
self-sacrificing
virginal
strait-laced
husbandless
spouseless
unwed
wifeless
pure
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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