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abstain from

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abstain from
verb refrain from, avoid, decline, give up, stop, refuse, cease, do without, shun, renounce, eschew, leave off, keep from, forgo, withhold from, forbear, desist from, deny yourself, kick (informal) Abstain from sex or use condoms.
yield, give in, indulge, partake, abandon yourself
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You speak like an oracle, Helen, and all you say is indisputably true; but listen here: I am hungry, and I see before me a good substantial dinner; I am told that if I abstain from this to-day I shall have a sumptuous feast to-morrow, consisting of all manner of dainties and delicacies.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context
I purposely abstain from extending these observations to any length.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
An effectual expedient for this purpose will be, mutually, to abstain from those objects which either side may have first had recourse to.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
 
 
 
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