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ABSTAIN |
Refrain (from) |
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FORBEAR |
Refrain (from) |
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FAST |
Refrain from eating |
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SPARE |
Refrain from killing |
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WITHHOLD |
Refrain from giving |
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PARDON |
To refrain from exacting as a penalty. |
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COVENANT |
Agreement to do or refrain from doing some act |
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HIDE |
To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain
from avowing or confessing. |
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REMIT |
To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the
performance of an obligation. |
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DUTY |
That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or
refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally
obligatory. |
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DISOBLIGE |
To do an act which contravenes the will or desires
of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to
refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to. |
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OVERLOOK |
To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it;
to miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or
attention upon; to... |
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PROMISE |
To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing,
giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise
a visit; to promi... |
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INJUNCTION |
...and,
insome cases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is
required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the
... |
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PLEDGE |
A promise or agreement by which one binds one's self to do,
or to refrain from doing, something; especially, a solemn promise in
writing to ref... |