REFRAIN, REFRAINING (stop)
ADJECTIVES
1610 ► abstinent, refraining, sparing (with regard to other things than food) → ABSTEMIOUS → rare
1879 ► characterized by abstinence; self-restraining or refraining → ABSTENTIOUS
NOUNS
1624 ► the act of keeping oneself back, abstaining, or refraining → ABSTENTION
1859 ► the act of keeping from or refraining → ABSTAINMENT → rare
VERBS
1374 ► to check or withhold oneself; to desist, to refrain → LET → obs.
1382 ► to check, to refrain, to withhold → FORFEND → obs.
20C ► to give up something; to refrain from doing something → TAKE THE CURE → US sl.
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