abstain
verb (used without object)
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quit, renounce, refrain, withhold, forgo, cease, shun, forbear, decline, refuse, spurn, avoid, eschew, stop, fast, abjure, curb, evade, pass, constrainExamples from the Web for abstain
Contemporary Examples of abstain
In fact, I publicly vowed to abstain from The Ball in 2012, but professional responsibilities and curiosity got the better of me.
The Craziest Date Night for Single Jews, Where Mistletoe Is Ditched for ShotsEmily Shire
December 26, 2014
But the two also could abstain from caucusing with either party and possibly have even more clout.
So is everyone around you, even if you find a way to abstain.
Pollsters have been predicting disillusioned leftist voters are particularly likely to abstain.
Some especially well-bred people among us might be noble enough in spirit and possessions to abstain from this temptation.
Historical Examples of abstain
Merely to abstain from definition was like a load taken off my mind.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
I told him that he might abstain in future from such a mockery of love.
A Comedy of Marriage and Other TalesGuy De Maupassant
Then we must abstain from spoiling the dead or hindering their burial?
The RepublicPlato
I do not include Socrates, who is able either to drink or to abstain, and will not mind, whichever we do.
SymposiumPlato
Or would you abstain from using the potion altogether, although you have no reason for abstaining?'
LawsPlato