'abstain' definitions:
Definition of 'abstain'
From: WordNet
Synonyms of 'abstain'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnegate,
- abstain from,
- avoid,
- constrain,
- cop out,
- curb,
- decline,
- dispense with,
- do without,
- duck the issue,
- eschew,
- evade,
- evade the issue,
- forbear,
- forgo,
- hold,
- hold aloof from,
- hold back,
- hold off,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in hand,
- let alone,
- let go by,
- never touch,
- not touch,
- not use,
- pass up,
- refrain,
- refrain from,
- refuse,
- reject,
- reserve,
- save,
- shun,
- sit it out,
- spare,
- spurn,
- stand aloof from,
- stand neuter,
- straddle,
- trim,
- waive,
- withhold