| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ABSTAINING | Refraining | |
| FORBEARING | Refraining (from) | |
| REFRAINMENT | Act of refraining. | |
| REFRENATION | The act of refraining. | |
| ABSTINENT | Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. | |
| QUARTER | Treatment shown by an enemy; mercy; especially, the act of sparing the life a conquered enemy; a refraining from pushing one's advantage to extremes. | |
| ABSTEMIOUS | Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. | |
| RETICENCE | The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness. | |
| CELEBRATE | To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday. | |
| CONTINENCY | The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp.... | |
| ABSTINENCE | The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from custo... | |