refraining
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Noun
refraining noun
- The act of one who refrains from doing something.
Verb
refraining verb
- To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
- To show restraint; to hold oneself back.
- To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
- (with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain.
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forbeardesistabstainforebearchorusabstentionavoidingdissuadingomissionabstinencefailingabstainingexcludingrefrenationrestrainingrefusal
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