Synonyms for abstain
- cease
- forgo
- pass up
- quit
- refrain
- renounce
- shun
- withhold
- abjure
- abnegate
- avoid
- constrain
- curb
- decline
- eschew
- evade
- fast
- forbear
- pass
- refuse
- spurn
- starve
- stop
- deny oneself
- do without
- fence-sit
- give the go by
- give up
- go on the wagon
- keep from
- sit on one's hands
- sit on the fence
- sit out
- take the cure
- take the pledge
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR ABSTAIN
Merely to abstain from definition was like a load taken off my mind.
I told him that he might abstain in future from such a mockery of love.
Then we must abstain from spoiling the dead or hindering their burial?
I do not include Socrates, who is able either to drink or to abstain, and will not mind, whichever we do.
Or would you abstain from using the potion altogether, although you have no reason for abstaining?'
And do you not regard it as right and just to abstain from wrong?
The Newry folks, and all of their breed, abstain from whining and cadging.
If both are open to suspicion,199 we abstain from drawing any conclusion.
Is it not his guide at table-d'hte, teaching him, when to eat, and where to abstain?
Seeing that she had been so treated had she not been wrong to abstain from the word?
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR ABSTAIN
avoid
verbrefrain or stay away from; prevent- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- give the slip
- hide
- hold off
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- obviate
- recoil
- run for cover
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shirk
- shrink from
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- turn aside
- ward off
- weave
- withdraw
avoided
verbrefrain or stay away from; prevent- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- give the slip
- hide
- hold off
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- obviate
- recoil
- run for cover
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shirk
- shrink from
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- turn aside
- ward off
- weave
- withdraw
avoiding
verbrefrain or stay away from; prevent- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- give the slip
- hide
- hold off
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- obviate
- recoil
- run for cover
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shirk
- shrink from
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- turn aside
- ward off
- weave
- withdraw
curb
verbrepress, restrict- abstain
- bit
- bottle up
- box in
- bridle
- bring to screeching halt
- check
- clog
- constrain
- contain
- control
- cook
- cool down
- cool off
- deny
- entrammel
- fetter
- hamper
- hinder
- hobble
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- ice
- impede
- inhibit
- keep lid on
- keep tight rein on
- leash
- manacle
- moderate
- muzzle
- refrain
- rein in
- restrain
- retard
- scrub
- send up
- shackle
- subdue
- suppress
- tame
- tie
- tie up
- withhold
curbed
verbrepress, restrict- abstain
- bit
- bottle up
- box in
- bridle
- bring to screeching halt
- check
- clog
- constrain
- contain
- control
- cook
- cool down
- cool off
- deny
- entrammel
- fetter
- hamper
- hinder
- hobble
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- ice
- impede
- inhibit
- keep lid on
- keep tight rein on
- leash
- manacle
- moderate
- muzzle
- refrain
- rein in
- restrain
- retard
- scrub
- send up
- shackle
- subdue
- suppress
- tame
- tie
- tie up
- withhold