Abstain


verb hold back from doing
Synonyms for abstain
verb hold back from doing

quit
renounce
refrain
withhold
forgo
cease
shun
forbear
decline

refuse
spurn
avoid
eschew
stop
fast
abjure
curb
evade

pass
constrain
abnegate
do without
pass up
ve
deny oneself
fence-sit
give the go by

give up
go on the wagon
keep from
sit on the fence
sit out
take the cure
take the pledge
sit on one’s hands

Antonyms for abstain

use
continue
do
accept

allow
embrace
want
face

meet
encourage
indulge

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