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Noun
The practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something
The act or state of eschewing or avoiding something
A refusal to acknowledge or admit (something)
Verb
Present participle for to stop oneself from doing something
Present participle for stop
Present participle for to restrict one's consumption, typically of food
Adjective
Self-disciplined or ascetic
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Noun
▲
The practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something
abstinence
asceticism
abstemiousness
avoidance
continence
forbearance
shunning
renunciation
frugality
desisting
abstention
moderation
declining
forbearing
keeping
withholding
forgoing
abnegation
abstaining
fasting
self-denial
self-restraint
self-discipline
self-control
self-abnegation
holding back
avoidance of
eschewal of
refusal of
renunciation of
abjuration of
doing without
going without
temperance
non-indulgence
eschewal
nonindulgence
nonparticipation
sobriety
refrainment
desistance
self-deprivation
holding off
soberness
teetotalism
clear-headedness
moderateness
going easy on
self-sacrifice
restraint
austerity
temperateness
willpower
control
mortification
astringency
self-mastery
self-command
self-containment
self-government
strength of will
lack of indulgence
strength of mind
puritanism
chastity
strictness
severity
resignation
plain living
judiciousness
ascetic
simple living
prudence
stoicism
economy
chasteness
Spartanism
exactingness
rigour
UK
spartanism
celibacy
self-mortification
reclusiveness
hermitism
monasticism
plainness
monkishness
harshness
simplicity
solitude
rigor
US
starkness
anchorism
rigorousness
other-worldliness
a hair shirt
a spartan life
mortification of the flesh
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Noun
▲
The act or state of eschewing or avoiding something
avoidance
evasion
escape
elusion
dodging
eschewal
eluding
eschewing
ducking
shaking
shunning
circumvention
out
shirking
escapism
dodge
evading
escaping
flight
nonparticipation
retreat
cop-out
run-around
body swerve
keeping away
steering clear
steering clear of
abstention
refrainment
holding off
skirting
fudging
sidestepping
bypassing
shuffling
prevarication
equivocation
evasiveness
hedging
quibbling
fencing
cavilling
UK
stalling
pussyfooting
shilly-shallying
quibble
tergiversation
caviling
US
stalling for time
humming and hawing
bypass
circumventing
indecision
uncertainty
doubt
qualification
ambivalence
vacillation
ambiguity
wavering
parrying
temporizing
US
hesitation
doubtfulness
shuffle
equivocality
temporising
UK
cunning
pretext
deception
artifice
trickery
subterfuge
ruse
bilking
go-by
obliqueness
sophism
sophistry
shift
jive
stall
equivocating
routine
excuse
fugivity
fugiviteness
slip
ditch
lie
stonewall
trick
stonewalling
temporization
vagueness
getting out of
fancy footwork
finding a way round
dodging the issue
sidestepping the issue
beating about the bush
ducking the issue
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Noun
▲
A refusal to acknowledge or admit (something)
disacknowledgement
denial
contradiction
disclaimer
negation
repudiation
denunciation
dismissing
dissent
refutal
retraction
abjuration
defiance
disapproval
disavowal
disclaiming
forswearing
nonacceptance
rebuttal
refutation
rejecting
renegement
renouncement
renunciation
repudiating
abnegation
counterstatement
declination
denegation
disallowance
disconfirmation
dismissal
disowning
disproof
rebuff
refusal
rejection
spurning
turndown
veto
abstention
adjuration
confutation
disaffirmation
negative
retractation
controversion
gainsaying
refusing
relinquishment
brush-off
giving up
knock-back
thumbs down
turning down
casting aside
casting off
refusal to acknowledge
Verb
▲
Present participle for to stop oneself from doing something
abstaining
forgoing
renouncing
eschewing
desisting
stopping
forbearing
forswearing
avoiding
quitting
abjuring
forsaking
dropping
kicking
ceasing
discontinuing
withholding
shunning
halting
keeping
resisting
finishing
curbing
rejecting
restraining
inhibiting
checking
passing
arresting
interrupting
giving up
holding back
doing without
breaking off
steering clear of
leaving off
swearing off
stopping oneself
dispensing with
fighting shy of
jacking in
passing up
leaving alone
not touching
giving a wide berth to
resisting the temptation to
having nothing to do with
sitting out
not doing
taking the cure
avoiding doing something
taking the pledge
going on the wagon
packing in
refraining from
abandoning
keeping from
relinquishing
spurning
ending
desisting from
laying off
cutting out
declining
giving over
belaying
repudiating
disavowing
surceasing
abstaining from
knocking off
withholding from
packing up
suspending
refusing
concluding
abnegating
evading
breaking
breaking up
cutting off
terminating
waiving
foregoing
denying
intermitting
escaping
sacrificing
staying
skipping
disclaiming
failing
culminating
gainsaying
having done with
disaffirming
passing on
going without
giving something a miss
reneging on
shutting off
leaving out
winding up
steering clear
bridling
omitting
stopping oneself from
restraining oneself from
holding back from
declining to
restraining yourself
going easy
recanting
retracting
pausing
disowning
unsaying
foreswearing
withdrawing
repealing
reneging
yielding
giving the go by
resigning
throwing off
withdrawing from
eluding
taking back
washing your hands of
doing away with
missing out on
shirking
disdaining
ducking
abdicating
dodging
calling a stop to
calling a halt to
shaking
finessing
shying
scaping
letting well enough alone
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
shying away from
staying clear of
shuffling out of
turning your back on
keeping clear of
getting around
having no truck with
bringing to a halt
calling it a day
quitting cold turkey
closing out
cutting it out
bringing to a stop
dying down
shutting down
bringing to an end
backing off
coming to a close
cutting short
closing down
calling it quits
forbearing from
axing
ignoring
ditching
denying oneself
turning down
disregarding
keeping off
dismissing
restraining from
staying away from
bypassing
surrendering
passing over
precluding
shying from
holding off
rebuffing
disapproving
reprobating
laying off of
nixing
negativing
setting aside
knocking back
getting off
brushing aside
saying no to
ceding
shrinking from
skipping out on
putting a stop to
discounting
conceding
snubbing
overlooking
missing
scrapping
neglecting
preventing
prohibiting
reining in
baulking at
balking at
backing off from
checking out from
not accepting
casting aside
pulling out of
calling it quits on
putting an end to
throwing out
preventing oneself from
giving the thumbs down to
getting out of
resigning from
chucking
discarding
jettisoning
forfeiting
repulsing
junking
scrubbing
deselecting
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
withgoing
managing without
laying aside
blocking
demurring at
revoking
excluding
letting pass
helping
negating
look down one's nose at
losing
failing to take advantage of
kiboshing
weaning
surceasing from
checking oneself
finishing with
not having
kicking over
suffering deprivation
quitting cold
kicking the habit
turning back on
packing it in
throwing up
retiring from
parting with
crying off
letting up
shaking off
eighty-sixing
standing down from
coming off
enduring
dispensing
grandfathering
bucking
keeping away from
not heeding
shooting down
quitclaiming
squandering
wasting
giving
cutting
turning aside from
providing
offering
killing
letting alone
forletting
aborting
going cold turkey
escaping from
putting off
detaching
extending
volunteering
submitting
bringing to a close
throwing in the sponge
throwing in the towel
putting the kibosh on
stopping trying
sparing
shelving
rescinding
scratching
demurring
remitting
saying goodbye to
blowing
skimming over
fast forwarding
divorcing
jilting
closing
proffering
releasing
allowing
determining
turning a blind eye to
elapsing
ceasing to indulge in
getting along without
getting by without
calling off
writing off
wiping out
breaking with
parting from
dusting off
forgetting about
botching
frittering away
expending
backing out of
pulling the plug on
rendering needless
getting on the wagon
hanging it up
wrapping up
dead-ending
sewing up
winking out
managing not to
gifting
handing over
opting out
refusing to take advantage of
betraying
opting out of
nullifying
counteracting
impeding
anticipating
averting
counterbalancing
making up for
staying away
hindering
heading off
neutralising
UK
warding off
obviating
staving off
fending off
breaking the habit of
neutralizing
US
interfering with
circumventing
withstanding
skirting
sidestepping
disallowing
letting go
losing out on
letting slip
failing to grasp
failing to take
dropping the ball
leaving
shaking one's head
freeing
backing out
giving the thumbs down
giving the red light
vetoing
stopping using
dropping out
retreating
lacking for something
wanting
lacking
needing
going hungry
going short
falling short
stopping having
forbidding
interdicting
banning
begrudging
giving notice
tabooing
deserting
shedding
eliminating
dumping
ruling out
enjoining from
giving the brush-off to
turning thumbs down
giving the red light to
standing in the way
exorcising
UK
cashiering
exorcizing
US
tossing
pitching
unloading
binning
sluffing off
throwing away
laying by
casting off
deep-sixing
flinging away
sloughing off
shucking off
flinging off
flinging
throwing over
letting go by
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“In order for her to begin to address these feelings, she must first be able to
refrain
from overeating.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for stop
surceasing
deferring
delaying
desisting
postponing
resting
staying
letting up
Verb
▲
Present participle for to restrict one's consumption, typically of food
fasting
abstaining from food
going hungry
abstaining
denying oneself food
eating nothing
going without food
refraining from eating
refraining from food
starving oneself
denying oneself
dieting
macerating
starving
famishing
forbearing
practising abstention
not eating
going on hunger strike
Adjective
▲
Self-disciplined or ascetic
austere
strict
ascetic
restrained
abstemious
abstinent
continent
exacting
rigid
spartan
temperate
moderate
puritanical
Spartan
economical
frugal
simple
solemn
celibate
straightlaced
self-disciplined
self-denying
self-restrained
self-abnegating
self-sacrificing
strait-laced
non-indulgent
hair-shirt
sober
disciplined
abstentious
severe
monkish
monastic
self-controlled
self-restraining
meagre
UK
rigorous
teetotal
stringent
nunlike
chaste
meager
US
controlled
sparing
contemplative
meditative
moderating
restricted
modest
curbed
inhibited
bridled
paltry
plain
scanty
skimpy
scant
anchoritic
solitary
cloistered
reclusive
stern
eremitic
hermitic
monklike
mortified
abstaining
ascetical
harsh
insufficient
other-worldly
virgin
pure
unmarried
virginal
unwed
maiden
maidenly
decent
immaculate
virtuous
clean
innocent
vestal
undefiled
intact
prudish
impotent
intemerate
monogamous
single
dry
forbearing
husbandless
spouseless
wifeless
nunnish
nonindulgent
forgoing
eschewing
constrained
abnegating
self-possessed
good
moral
unsullied
wholesome
proper
sinless
uncorrupted
decorous
demure
guiltless
unblemished
incorrupt
uncontaminated
elegant
inexperienced
faithful
subdued
squeaky clean
G-rated
pure as the driven snow
free of sin
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