Abstain
31abstain — v. avoid; refrain from …
32abstain — v. n. Refrain, forbear, desist, deny one s self, hold or keep one s self back, stay one s hand, keep one s self from indulgence …
33abstain — v 1. refrain from, forbear, desist from, restrain from, hold back from voluntarily; give up, Inf. swear off, quit, renounce, resolve or promise to give up; discontinue, stop, cease; let alone, keep one s hands off, turn aside from, hold off from …
34abstain — ab·stain …
35abstain — verb 1) he abstained from wine Syn: refrain, desist, forbear, give up, renounce, avoid, eschew, forgo, go/do without, refuse, decline; informal cut out 2) one member abstained Syn …
36abstain — [əbˈsteɪn] verb [I] 1) to deliberately avoid doing something enjoyable 2) to decide not to vote …
37abstain — [14] The literal meaning of this word’s ultimate source, Latin abstinēre, was ‘hold or keep away’, and hence ‘withhold’ (the root verb, tenēre, produced many other derivatives in English, such as contain, maintain, obtain, and retain, as well as… …
38abstain — v.intr. 1 a (usu. foll. by from) restrain oneself; refrain from indulging in (abstained from cakes and sweets; abstained from mentioning it). b refrain from drinking alcohol. 2 formally decline to use one s vote. Derivatives: abstainer n.… …
39abstain from — forego, not take part in, avoid …
40abstain from drinking — avoid drinking; refrain from drinking alcohol …