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What is another word for
holding back
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Verb
Present participle for to impede the work or progress of
Present participle for to (attempt to) repress or suppress showing or expressing something
Present participle for to refrain from saying or doing something
Present participle for delay
Present participle for to delay action until a particular time or event
Present participle for to preserve (something) by not expending or using it
Present participle for to postpone from being dealt with
Present participle for to cause to proceed or move at a slower pace
Present participle for be very economical or mean about spending or providing something
Present participle for to briefly stop or interrupt an action
Present participle for to avoid proceeding through reluctance
Present participle for to hold back or play down the severity of what one is communicating
Present participle for to refuse to admit the truth or existence of
Present participle for to remove or take away (something) from (someone)
Present participle for to show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
Present participle for to enclose or hem in (on all sides)
Adjective
Provisional
Maintaining
That serves to suppress
Noun
The action of inhibiting a process
The act of abstaining from something, such as drinking alcohol
The action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to impede the work or progress of
blocking
hampering
hindering
impeding
stifling
encumbering
fettering
frustrating
hamstringing
inhibiting
obstructing
restraining
stymieing
thwarting
cramping
curbing
handcuffing
hobbling
preventing
retarding
trammelling
trammeling
checking
handicapping
manacling
shackling
stopping
balking
US
baulking
UK
bridling
clogging
embarrassing
borking
hog-tying
holding up
tying up
interfering with
preventing from making progress
putting off
short-circuiting
restricting
foiling
slowing down
arresting
delaying
slowing
constraining
barring
forestalling
staving off
halting
warding off
stalling
cumbering
averting
limiting
crippling
setting back
hanging up
holding off
deterring
stonewalling
prohibiting
interrupting
shutting out
crimping
getting in the way
derailing
repressing
baffling
heading off
fending off
throwing a spanner in the works
disrupting
counteracting
putting an end to
standing in the way of
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
slowing up
opposing
putting a stop to
precluding
curtailing
avoiding
scuppering
defending against
nipping in the bud
interfering
cramping one's style
getting in the way of
keeping at bay
interdicting
confining
withholding
obviating
spoiling
putting a brake on
cutting off
forfending
keeping back
keeping off
countering
circumventing
defeating
suppressing
detaining
staying
debarring
intercepting
keeping
entangling
repulsing
repelling
fighting off
forbidding
evading
tying
inconveniencing
braking
nullifying
circumnavigating
warding
putting paid to
controlling
screening
postponing
contravening
leashing
binding
deflecting
steering clear of
skirting
sidestepping
turning aside
burdening
disadvantaging
putting the kibosh on
taking down
weighing down
choking
shelving
sabotaging
deferring
resisting
suspending
crabbing
holding
closing off
shutting down
shutting off
keeping at arm's length
bogging down
choking off
giving a hard time
discouraging
dissuading from
scotching
defending
catching
guarding
stumping
sandbagging
overturning
straitening
fazing
bulwarking
retardating
pre-empting
ruining
doing for
putting the stopper on
keeping lid on
upsetting
helping
incommoding
saving
remitting
dragging your feet
fending
regulating
putting to flight
brushing off
placing at a disadvantage
intermitting
chaining
anticipating
sending packing
turning away
safeguarding against
putting at a disadvantage
protecting against
saddling with
shielding against
driving back
defending oneself against
ruling out
backing off
thrusting back
freezing
forcing back
discommoding
putting back
bringing to screeching halt
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
discontinuing
throttling
standing off
guarding against
fencing
turning back
beating back
subduing
driving away
turning off
making late
seeing off
diverting
beating off
rebutting
protecting
weakening
shielding
putting straitjacket on
throwing monkey wrench in
stunting
entrammelling
entrammeling
safeguarding
complicating
obscuring
monkeying with
securing
protracting
pausing
staving
disconcerting
screwing up
discomfiting
damming
rattling
fouling up
forcing away
nixing
fighting back
petering out
impairing
circumscribing
holding over
holding off on
prolonging
proroguing
putting out of commission
giving disadvantage
sidelining
taking out
snookering
putting a crimp in
covering
shaking
quieting
indisposing
causing to wait
keeping waiting
causing to stay
keeping from happening
ceasing
constricting
desisting
moderating
setting limits on
imposing limits on
disturbing
affecting
enmeshing
ensnaring
capturing
netting
keeping under control
puzzling
bottlenecking
overloading
influencing
tampering
snagging
lousing up
boxing in
muzzling
neutralising
UK
neutralizing
US
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
jamming
waiting
conflicting
troubling
confusing
mystifying
confounding
nonplussing
hemming in
tethering
oppressing
bothering
making difficult
charging
decelerating
flummoxing
debilitating
slackening
cornering
pigeonholing
putting on back burner
dead-ending
giving the run around
putting on hold
throwing a monkey wrench into
hanging fire
lessening
miring
tiing one's hands
bogging
letting up
telling against
treating unfavourably
wronging
inflicting a handicap on
treating harshly
doing a disservice to
putting in an unfavourable position
treating unfairly
giving a disadvantage to
beating someone to the draw
second-guessing
getting ahead of
providing against
heading off at pass
beating someone to the punch
commandeering
preempting
getting in before
preparing for
stealing a march on
picking off
beating someone to it
putting a lid on
bringing to a stop
containing
putting the lid on
bringing to an end
cracking down on
stamping out
bringing to a halt
ending
clamping down on
damping
anchoring
fetching up
drawing up
bringing up
pulling up
stilling
bringing to a standstill
fixing
getting out of
letting
dissuading
quashing
smothering
reining in
scaring
acting like a wet blanket
chillin
talking out of
dampening
chilling
cooling
disadvising
escaping
bypassing
beating
bitting
tabooing
enjoining
outlawing
reducing
keeping in
holding in
holding down
putting on brakes
stemming the flow of
crashing
unsettling
juking
wrecking
taking wind out of
outwitting
ditching
knocking down
chasing away
driving off
keeping away
rebuffing
parrying
forcing off
standing up for
more ❯
“I wouldn't
hold him back
from achieving his career goals, and he wouldn't want to be my emotional crutch when things went wrong.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to (attempt to) repress or suppress showing or expressing something
repressing
restraining
stifling
suppressing
containing
controlling
smothering
swallowing
withholding
stopping
denying
sinking
strangling
submerging
holding in
holding off
choking back
holding down
keeping back
checking
curbing
inhibiting
keeping in check
reining in
bridling
restricting
fighting back
constraining
bottling up
concealing
keeping the lid on
muffling
subduing
blocking
keeping under control
keeping a lid on
hiding
limiting
biting back
stemming
arresting
regulating
gagging
governing
pocketing
hindering
buttoning up
corking up
impeding
curtailing
moderating
halting
holding
taming
obstructing
barring
keeping a tight rein on
cutting off
choking
staunching
silencing
slowing
pulling in
damming
reducing
retarding
quelling
keeping
measuring
quashing
decreasing
covering up
clogging
toning down
gulping back
barricading
preventing
closing
mastering
blockading
cooling
lessening
clogging up
overcoming
blocking up
stopping up
diminishing
deadening
plugging up
harboring
US
squelching
corking
quenching
keeping secret
simmering down
ruling
hushing up
harbouring
UK
nipping in the bud
slowing down
staying
stanching
composing
jamming
occluding
stuffing
shutting off
bunging up
interfering with
muzzling
dampening
collecting
frustrating
reining
disguising
damping down
squashing
dissembling
putting the brakes on
veiling
cloaking
keeping in
mellowing
putting a lid on
resisting
bringing to a standstill
keeping dark
burying
keeping quiet about
holding in check
confining
suspending
plugging
retaining
thwarting
ceasing
caulking
stymieing
closing out
blocking out
closing up
laying off
stalling
closing off
choking up
jamming up
stoppering
blocking off
calming
hampering
congesting
choking off
bottling
softening
mitigating
masking
screening
overpowering
tempering
cutting short
terminating
interrupting
cushioning
repulsing
braking
belying
extinguishing
killing
biting one's lip
reining back
not telling
putting a stop to
putting an end to
hiding from view
cutting back
damping
not giving away
keeping down
trammelling
stemming the flow of
easing
getting under control
secreting
keeping under wraps
opposing
trammeling
reserving
blotting out
papering over
shielding
keeping unknown
guarding
keeping mum about
keeping under your hat
keeping lid on
drawing a veil over
keeping cover
suffocating
withstanding
drowning
conquering
gulping
clotting
gumming up
fighting
keeping control of
keeping on a string
keeping a rein on
snuffing
shushing
gaining control over
delimiting
hog-tying
putting half nelson on
gaining mastery over
internalising
UK
keeping inside
blacking out
internalizing
US
quelching
shutting down
stamping out
detaining
blunting
alleviating
dulling
crushing
tying up
cooling off
bringing to screeching halt
entrammelling
pegging
fettering
putting a limit on
keeping within bounds
disciplining
boxing in
keeping tight rein on
deterring
entrammeling
freezing
cooling down
interning
modulating
relieving
licking
snuffing out
cracking down on
putting down
slapping down
clamping down on
quietening down
boxing up
keeping feeling inside oneself
making less active
deflating
buttressing
muting
soaking up
getting rid of
putting a damper on
lightening
lowering
absorbing
taking the edge off
quietening
harshing
depressing
refusing
holding off on
discontinuing
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
delaying
shutting in
protecting
foiling
putting on hold
putting on ice
refusing to pay
neutralizing
US
pausing
bottlenecking
counteracting
settling
re-collecting
discouraging
checkmating
rebuffing
circumventing
neutralising
UK
monitoring
adjusting
capping
standing in the way of
putting a brake on
slackening pace
playing for time
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
ending
quitting
finishing
knocking off
leaving off
breaking
bringing to a close
breaking up
desisting from
bringing to a stop
blowing the whistle on
dropping
packing in
bringing to an end
putting a cork in
packing up
pulling the plug on
putting the kibosh on
giving over
cutting out
winding up
breaking off
closing down
cornering
lulling
rallying
soothing
stilling
inspecting
recovering
quieting
tranquilizing
US
censoring
sweeping under the rug
keeping quiet
glossing over
sweeping under the carpet
sitting on
keeping in the dark
keeping in line
setting limits on
imposing limits on
warding off
repelling
staving off
countering
replying
putting up a fight
defending
retaliating
riposting
beating off
fighting off
defending yourself
sealing
filling up
filling
packing
intercepting
shutting out
bunging
stonewalling
more ❯
“I bowed my head trying to
hold back
tears.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refrain from saying or doing something
refraining
desisting
abstaining
forgoing
forbearing
keeping
resisting
restraining
withholding
abjuring
eschewing
forswearing
checking
forsaking
inhibiting
quitting
discontinuing
stopping oneself
giving up
steering clear
avoiding
stopping
ceasing
shunning
kicking
curbing
breaking off
leaving off
jacking in
renouncing
doing without
dropping
declining
abandoning
halting
dispensing with
passing
fighting shy of
resisting the temptation to
steering clear of
swearing off
relinquishing
evading
sitting out
not doing
passing up
giving a wide berth to
giving over
belaying
packing in
laying off
taking the cure
keeping from
having done with
refraining from
ending
concluding
suspending
surceasing
knocking off
calling a stop to
resigning
packing up
calling a halt to
pausing
yielding
refusing
foregoing
sacrificing
omitting
declining to
restraining yourself
withholding from
escaping
going easy
bridling
abstaining from
going without
starving
fence-sitting
constraining
cutting out
fasting
sitting on one's hands
not taking sides
staying neutral
giving the go by
rejecting
finishing
leaving alone
not touching
arresting
interrupting
avoiding doing something
having nothing to do with
going on the wagon
taking the pledge
desisting from
forbearing from
laying off of
breaking
shaking
axing
calling it quits
withdrawing
calling it a day
spurning
terminating
putting a stop to
getting out of
preventing oneself from
restraining oneself from
repudiating
disavowing
denying
repealing
resigning from
precluding
skipping
bypassing
staying away from
dodging
reneging
shrinking from
restraining from
shirking
ditching
holding off
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
getting around
abdicating
pulling out of
putting an end to
abnegating
winding up
packing it in
withdrawing from
breaking up
kicking over
bringing to an end
finishing with
throwing up
retiring from
crying off
bringing to a halt
stopping oneself from
letting up
quitting cold
cutting off
kicking the habit
turning your back on
retracting
standing down from
chucking
coming off
recanting
forletting
unsaying
managing not to
killing
foreswearing
going cold turkey
escaping from
turning down
checking oneself
bucking
bringing to a close
throwing in the sponge
cutting short
throwing in the towel
putting the kibosh on
getting off
stopping trying
backing off from
checking out from
reining in
closing
determining
kiboshing
calling it quits on
surceasing from
elapsing
conceding
getting on the wagon
cutting it out
hanging it up
sewing up
wrapping up
dead-ending
winking out
aborting
scrapping
setting aside
laying aside
turning back on
washing your hands of
casting aside
scratching
scrubbing
shelving
rescinding
bringing to a stop
pulling the plug on
backing out of
ignoring
revoking
remitting
forfeiting
preventing
averting
parting from
calling off
dusting off
shutting off
divorcing
forgetting about
wiping out
parting with
eighty-sixing
breaking with
jilting
shying from
skipping out on
staying away
shaking off
circumventing
withstanding
skirting
sidestepping
warding off
fending off
breaking the habit of
helping
neutralising
UK
prohibiting
nullifying
blocking
counteracting
obviating
staving off
impeding
anticipating
counterbalancing
making up for
denying oneself
neutralizing
US
interfering with
hindering
negating
heading off
eluding
leaving
disclaiming
disdaining
ducking
backing out
finessing
shying
scaping
disaffirming
gainsaying
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
keeping clear of
giving notice
retreating
dropping out
keeping off
ceasing to indulge in
more ❯
“She decided not to
hold back
from speaking her mind in front of her husband and his mother.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for delay
stonewalling
avoiding
delaying
evading
holding off
obstructing
putting off
rebuffing
refusing
filibustering
resisting
stalling
procrastinating
hanging back
playing for time
temporizing
US
hanging fire
gaining time
using delaying tactics
temporising
UK
hesitating
dithering
equivocating
hedging
prevaricating
beating about the bush
dragging your feet
dallying
tarrying
deferring
using dilatory tactics
putting on the back burner
postponing
diverting
distracting
beating around the bush
taking one's time
kicking the can down the road
holding over
buying time
avoiding the issue
lagging
dragging your heels
taking your time
slow-walking
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to delay action until a particular time or event
holding off
pausing
waiting
deferring
delaying
postponing
hanging back
hanging fire
refraining from
putting something off
sitting tight
taking no action
avoiding doing something
playing a waiting game
keeping from doing something
biding your time
holding your horses
stalling
being patient
holding on
twiddling thumbs
lying in wait
cooling your heels
putting on hold
keeping your shirt on
filling time
playing the waiting game
waiting and seeing
procrastinating
ceasing
stopping
halting
discontinuing
vacillating
adopting Fabian tactics
hanging around
hanging about
awaiting
resting
hanging
marking time
abiding
saving it
holding your fire
sweating it out
standing by
hanging onto your hat
wasting time
waiting on
passing the time
waiting patiently
killing time
lying low
kicking your heels
sitting up for
waiting in the wings
hanging on
holding everything
holding the phone
holding one's breath
staying up for
looking forward
cooling it
sweating it
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to preserve (something) by not expending or using it
saving
preserving
conserving
storing
keeping
reserving
maintaining
retaining
stashing
stowing
sustaining
bottling
securing
keeping back
putting aside
putting away
setting aside
regulating
stashing away
holding
withholding
hanging on to
hoarding
stockpiling
storing up
putting by
holding on to
keeping hold of
keeping possession of
holding fast to
clinging to
possessing
husbanding
squirreling
US
keeping in reserve
containing
detaining
grasping
laying aside
setting by
squirreling away
continuing to have
cleaving to
earmarking
dedicating
devoting
allocating
consecrating
refusing
refusing to give
sitting on
keeping to oneself
holding out on
stowing away
salting away
putting to one side
skimping
scrimping
upholding
keeping out
laying up
giving up to
saving for a rainy day
economizing on
controlling
going easy on
managing thriftily
keeping intact
using economically
mothballing
socking away
using sparingly
budgeting
having
perpetuating
owning
commanding
nurturing
gripping
enjoying
cherishing
clutching on to
holding fast
continuing with
keeping up
amassing
garnering
accumulating
collecting
shelving
caching
hiding
heaping
filing
concealing
stifling
repressing
saving up
piling up
retaining possession of
keeping for oneself
laying down
hanging onto
holding in
holding onto
keeping to yourself
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to postpone from being dealt with
tabling
postponing
adjourning
deferring
delaying
parking
rescheduling
shelving
proroguing
reserving
suspending
detaining
mothballing
holding
withholding
continuing
retaining
suppressing
hanging
remitting
stalling
cooling
respiting
containing
holding off
holding over
putting aside
putting back
putting off
taking offline
holding off on
putting on hold
putting on ice
putting on the back burner
putting on the shelf
pigeonholing
staying
interrupting
holding up
putting over
holding in abeyance
putting in cold storage
taking a rain check on
laying on the table
carrying over
slowing up
slowing down
putting in abeyance
standing over
putting off the evil day
setting back
putting off the evil hour
doing later
recessing
prorogating
pausing
taking a break
taking five
taking a breather
calling it a day
suspending proceedings
taking a recess
taking a rain check
laying over
setting aside
protracting
prolonging
retarding
putting on back burner
extending
intermitting
breaking off
procrastinating
laying aside
hanging fire
putting to one side
keeping in abeyance
sidelining
giving rain check
breaking up
knocking off
filing
waiving
slowing
dismissing
hindering
impeding
reorganizing
US
rearranging
reorganising
UK
rebooking
hanging up
changing the date
giving a rain check
ending
discontinuing
putting something off
rising
forestaying
temporizing
US
dallying
temporising
UK
blocking
lengthening
obstructing
putting on one side
leaving to another time
cooling it
taking a raincheck
booking again
stopping
taking a breather from
putting on a back burner
breaking
freezing
tying up
taking time out
calling time
taking ten
checking
disbanding
inactivating
barring
calling a halt to
staving off
counting out
ruling out
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to proceed or move at a slower pace
slowing
retarding
delaying
restricting
checking
detaining
hindering
curbing
handicapping
decelerating
impeding
restraining
stunting
tempering
curtailing
holding up
inhibiting
limiting
obstructing
reducing
setting back
slackening
stalling
abating
decreasing
diminishing
hampering
keeping back
lagging
lessening
miring
moderating
regulating
retardating
staying
choking
embogging
loitering
postponing
procrastinating
qualifying
quieting
reefing
interfering with
reining in
anchoring it
bogging down
cutting back
cutting down
keeping waiting
losing speed
losing steam
putting the brakes on
slowing down
winding down
hitting the brakes
letting down flaps
getting in the way of
shortening
abridging
abbreviating
truncating
docking
eliding
syncopating
contracting
slashing
retrenching
cutting
trimming
shrinking
clipping
downsizing
cropping
lopping
chopping
minifying
cramping
controlling
halting
putting a restriction on
paring down
reining back
cutting short
putting a limit on
tightening up
breaking off
slimming down
boiling down
rolling back
economizing
US
economising
UK
lowering
marking off
marking down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for be very economical or mean about spending or providing something
stinting
limiting
begrudging
economising
UK
economizing
US
restricting
saving
scrimping
skimping on
withholding
scrimping on
confining
defining
economizing on
grudging
holding back on
penny-pinching
pinching
pinching pennies
restraining
scraping
skimping
sparing
squirreling
US
stashing
cutting corners
rolling back
socking away
tightening your belt
going easy on
making ends meet
saving for rainy day
spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar
scanting
rationing
nursing
husbanding
stinting on
budgeting
curtailing
reducing
trimming
conserving
cutting back
making cutbacks
scrimping and scrape
saving for a rainy day
managing thriftily
cutting down
cutting down on
using sparingly
using economically
running a tight ship
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to briefly stop or interrupt an action
pausing
ceasing
halting
hesitating
breaking
delaying
discontinuing
resting
waiting
desisting
wavering
adjourning
stopping
deliberating
faltering
interrupting
breaking off
dropping
hanging back
lingering
marking time
pulling up
reflecting
shaking
sidelining
suspending
taking a breath
tarrying
letting up
stopping briefly
taking a break
taking a breather
calling time
having a breather
taking five
taking ten
thinking twice
breaking it up
catching one's breath
coming to standstill
putting on hold
holding on
sitting tight
hanging on
holding your horses
holding your fire
stalling
doing less
slowing down
relaxing your efforts
easing off
easing up
slackening
relaxing
having a break
finishing
staying
finishing off
winding up
knocking off
unwinding
taking time out
taking time off
coming to a standstill
shutting down
reposing
idling
recessing
chillin
chilling
refreshing
putting your feet up
kicking back
having a rest
suspending proceedings
having time out
taking it easy
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to avoid proceeding through reluctance
hanging back
hesitating
dithering
vacillating
wavering
demurring
teetering
wabbling
faltering
halting
scrupling
staggering
wobbling
hovering
lagging
lingering
pausing
procrastinating
straggling
shilly-shallying
hanging fire
holding off
shrinking back
shying away
staying back
dragging your feet
dragging your heels
staying in the background
stalling
dawdling
dallying
delaying
temporizing
US
waiting
dillydallying
humming and hawing
dilly-dallying
lagging behind
falling behind
temporising
UK
fluctuating
havering
swithering
oscillating
equivocating
hedging
alternating
tergiversating
seesawing
pussyfooting
stumbling
deferring
deliberating
sitting on fence
mammering
stopping
thinking about
doubting
weighing
floundering
hanging
thinking twice
baulking
UK
falling back
pondering
dropping behind
hemming and hawing
trailing behind
pulling back
boggling
balking
US
losing ground
debating
loitering
tarrying
idling
whiling away time
stonewalling
ambling
diddling
dragging
plodding
puttering
tottering
taking your time
waiting around
pottering round
pottering about
using delaying tactics
moping
killing time
hanging on
lallygagging
putting off doing something
staying put
hanging about
lollygagging
poking
marking time
goofing off
taking one's time
buying time
wasting time
crawling
hanging around
filibustering
playing for time
pottering around
playing a waiting game
creeping
horsing around
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to hold back or play down the severity of what one is communicating
mincing
understating
underemphasizing
underplaying
downplaying
euphemizing
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
toning down
de-emphasizing
playing down
making light of
making little of
making nothing of
mincing words
diminishing
underrating
undervaluing
softening
trivializing
US
deemphasizing
downgrading
setting no store by
setting little store by
shrugging off
glossing over
detracting from
trivialising
UK
talking down
lessening
reducing
underestimating
minifying
devaluing
brushing aside
moderating
misprizing
mitigating
whitewashing
selling short
belittling
rating too low
doing an injustice to
discounting
disparaging
depreciating
palliating
qualifying
deprecating
extenuating
holding cheap
subduing
tempering
weakening
underpricing
cheapening
thinking too little of
underrepresenting
underselling
sugarcoating
brushing off
minimalizing
pooh-poohing
making light
vilipending
dismissing
underprizing
disregarding
misjudging
looking down on
taking for granted
underweening
setting too little store by
failing to appreciate
blue-penciling
blue-pencilling
shushing
dumbing down
thinking nothing of
giving a lower profile
giving little weight to
attaching little importance to
deflating
miscalculating
prettifying
denigrating
slighting
miscarrying
disesteeming
going easy
not doing justice
putting down
restraining
putting on the soft pedal
varnishing
glossing
rationalising
UK
belying
justifying
glozing over
explaining away
smoothing over
brushing something under the carpet
rationalizing
US
dampening
chilling out
modulating
diluting
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refuse to admit the truth or existence of
denying
contradicting
gainsaying
repudiating
negating
opposing
refuting
disproving
negativing
rebutting
backpedaling
US
backpedalling
UK
challenging
contesting
debunking
disaffirming
discrediting
exploding
nullifying
retracting
controverting
countering
declaring untrue
disallowing
disavowing
disclaiming
disconfirming
disowning
dissenting from
invalidating
quashing
rebuffing
rejecting
confuting
disagreeing with
taking back
banning
begrudging
blocking
contravening
curbing
disacknowledging
disagreeing
disbelieving
doubting
excluding
forbidding
forgoing
preventing
recanting
restraining
revoking
sacrificing
shooting down
spurning
tabooing
withsaying
calling on
enjoining from
keeping back
not buying
shooting down in flames
shooting full of holes
saying no to
taking exception to
turning thumbs down
standing in the way
Verb
▲
Present participle for to remove or take away (something) from (someone)
depriving
stripping
divesting
dispossessing
robbing
bereaving
relieving
denying
abating
expropriating
disinheriting
despoiling
denuding
removing
withdrawing
bankrupting
baring
dismantling
disrobing
docking
impoverishing
losing
seizing
skimming
stiffing
wresting
benimming
cheating out of
doing out of
diddling out of
robbing of
taking away
tricking out of
preventing from having
preventing from using
Verb
▲
Present participle for to show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
refusing
declining
rejecting
spurning
repudiating
scorning
rebuffing
disapproving
disdaining
dismissing
negating
negativing
nixing
reprobating
snubbing
passing
repelling
repulsing
shunning
withdrawing
demurring
deselecting
desisting
ignoring
protesting
turning down
passing up
throwing out
knocking back
saying no
balking at
baulking at
brushing off
dispensing with
saying no to
turning away
demurring at
holding off
holding out
protesting at
setting aside
throwing over
turning from
giving thumbs down to
turning back on
turning deaf ear to
jibbing at
sending off
drawing the line at
not buying
refusing to receive
not caring for
shaking one's head
Verb
▲
Present participle for to enclose or hem in (on all sides)
confining
enclosing
encircling
surrounding
circumscribing
encompassing
bounding
ringing
compassing
girding
corralling
kettling
fixing
hurdling
straitening
constraining
hindering
shutting in
hemming in
fencing in
boxing in
closing in
hedging in
mewing up
penning in
railing in
boxing up
penning up
Adjective
▲
Provisional
restrictive
constricting
cramping
definitive
deterring
exclusive
hampering
obstructive
off-putting
preventive
provisional
restraining
restricting
selective
conditional
limiting
qualificatory
deterrent
constraining
warning
Adjective
▲
Maintaining
retaining
maintaining
accommodating
arresting
cherishing
commemorating
confining
embracing
employing
engaging
having
hiring
holding
keeping
owning
possessing
preserving
remembering
reserving
restraining
saving
securing
seizing
suppressing
sustaining
taking
treasuring
withholding
working
Adjective
▲
That serves to suppress
suppressive
censoring
covering up
curbing
muffling
quelling
repressing
repressive
silencing
stifling
subduing
withholding
Noun
▲
The action of inhibiting a process
inhibition
hindrance
obstruction
restraint
restriction
bar
impediment
check
obstacle
barrier
block
discouragement
hampering
suppression
bridling
checking
constraint
curbing
deterrent
prevention
repression
retardation
arrest
balking
US
baulking
UK
blocking
cramping
encumbrance
fettering
frustration
hazard
shackling
smothering
stifling
baulk
UK
balk
US
chain
clog
cramp
crimp
curb
drag
drawback
embarrassment
fetter
foiling
halting
handicap
hitch
holdback
hurdle
interference
let
manacle
quashing
shackles
snag
stop
stopping
thwarting
trammel
interdict
straitjacket
blockage
embargo
hangup
prohibition
stumbling block
sublimation
nipping in the bud
putting an end to
putting an stop to
control
refrainment
self-command
self-control
discipline
reserve
discretion
continence
self-restraint
keeping back
keeping under control
restraining
biting back
keeping in check
holding in
bottling up
concealment
deadening
containing
muffling
containment
choking back
limitation
brake
difficulty
damper
impedance
burden
stoppage
catch
rein
setback
cumber
disadvantage
stricture
complication
fly in the ointment
shackle
spanner in the works
monkey wrench in the works
circumscription
ball and chain
bridle
delay
hiccup
millstone
problem
disincentive
determent
inconvenience
interruption
limit
hamper
facer
holdup
dissuasion
barricade
catch-22
monkey wrench
road block
curtailment
albatross
baggage
cumbrance
detriment
rub
wall
ceiling
clampdown
deterrence
retardant
lock
inhibitor
glitch
condition
fetters
excess baggage
bottleneck
gridlock
issue
load
joker
uphill
confinement
blockade
restrainer
defect
weakness
wet blanket
preventive
hang-up
jam-up
retardment
sticking point
dead weight
millstone around your neck
bond
trouble
congestion
slowing
handicapping
deadweight
opposition
barring
choking
shortcoming
headache
bonds
hobble
occlusion
yoke
small difficulty
pitfall
hold-up
chains
psychological baggage
millstone round someone's neck
obviation
preemption
intimidation
preclusion
hardship
halt
interception
weary load
bump
circumvention
stumbling stone
nuisance
railing
traverse
fence
defence
UK
defense
US
leash
preventative
roadblock
buttress
tie
disablement
impairment
flaw
disorder
fault
booby trap
mountain to climb
defensive measures
break
reverse
reversal
blow
red tape
blank wall
chill
saddle
debt
duty
guilt
cross
stone in one's path
safeguard
cloud
depressant
rebuff
whammy
harness
gloom
pall
thorn in one's side
monkey on back
ban
hold
depression
maximum
cold water
weight
order
reduction
cap
sabotage
intervention
threshold
bound
demarcation
bounds
regulation
foot dragging
deal-breaker
extent
constrainment
border
perimeter
boundary
constriction
margin
confine
curfew
line
cutoff point
cut-off point
upper limit
tops
line of demarcation
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of abstaining from something, such as drinking alcohol
abstention
refraining
abstinence
desisting
avoidance
declining
forbearing
keeping
withholding
desistance
eschewal
forbearance
forgoing
nonindulgence
shunning
avoidance of
eschewal of
non-indulgence
nonparticipation
refusal of
renunciation of
self-control
abjuration of
doing without
going without
abstaining
refrainment
holding off
escape
elusion
evasion
eschewing
eluding
ducking
dodging
shaking
out
cop-out
circumvention
shirking
skirting
escapism
fudging
temperance
abstemiousness
self-abnegation
self-restraint
Noun
▲
The action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody
detention
imprisonment
incarceration
custody
restraint
confinement
detainment
arrest
internment
quarantine
captivity
detainer
hold
immurement
remand
committal
durance
duress
porridge
apprehension
arrestation
bust
hindrance
house arrest
impediment
nab
pen
pickup
pinch
retention
withholding
holding pen
keeping in
locking up
time up the river
impoundment
prison
bondage
constraint
thraldom
gaol
UK
jail
US
thrall
fetters
bonds
thralldom
time
isolation
chokey
immuration
gaoling
UK
penal servitude
hard labour
jailing
US
solitary confinement
bird
holding
trammels
sentence
jaildom
term
chains
shackles
solitary
holding cell
lockdown
the hole
restraints
servitude
enslavement
subjugation
vassalage
subjection
serfdom
slavery
enthrallment
capture
entombment
limbo
seizure
appropriation
collar
arrestment
bag
nick
grab
hook
snare
nail
restraining
sequestering
pick up
pull in
run in
taking into custody
preventive custody
protective custody
yoke
servility
work
feudalism
indenture
serfhood
peonage
helotry
bullwork
drudgery
drudge
labor
US
labour
UK
toil
grind
chains constraint
menial labor
villeinage
moil
servileness
serfage
enthralment
suppression
oppression
repression
peculiar institution
human trafficking
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