abstain from
1abstain from — index avoid (evade), cease, forgo Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2abstain from inserting — index omit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3abstain from recognizing — index ignore Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4abstain from — restrain oneself from doing something. → abstain …
5abstain from drinking — avoid drinking; refrain from drinking alcohol …
6abstain from force — avoid using force, refrain from using force, avoid violence …
7abstain from — forego, not take part in, avoid …
8abstain — (v.) late 14c., to withhold oneself, from O.Fr. abstenir (14c.), earlier astenir (13c.) hold (oneself) back, refrain, abstain (from), practice abstinence, from L. abstinere withhold, keep back, keep off, from ab(s) from, away from (see AB (Cf. ab …
9abstain — [ab stān′, əbstān′] vi. [ME absteinen < OFr abstenir < L abstinere, to hold back < ab(s) , from + tenere, to hold: see TENANT] to hold oneself back; voluntarily do without; refrain (from) [to abstain from smoking] SYN. REFRAIN1 abstainer …
10abstain — UK [əbˈsteɪn] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms abstain : present tense I/you/we/they abstain he/she/it abstains present participle abstaining past tense abstained past participle abstained 1) a) to deliberately avoid doing something that is… …
