Definition for Abstain:

• To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; - with from.

Synonyms for Abstain:

• n.

  •
  • hold off,
  • neglect.

• v.

  •avoid (verb)
  • duck,
  • skip,
  • elude,
  • shrink,
  • recoil,
  • avoid,
  • dodge,
  • avert,
  • shirk,
  • sidestep,
  • shun,
  • escape,
  • circumvent,
  • bypass,
  • evade.
  •hold back from doing (verb)
  • constrain,
  • do without,
  • sit on the fence,
  • pass,
  • fence-sit,
  • refuse,
  • renounce,
  • sit on one's hands,
  • quit,
  • abnegate,
  • abjure,
  • stop,
  • give the go by,
  • cease.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • demur,
  • reelect,
  • spoil,
  • resist,
  • cop out.
  •
  • miss,
  • return.
  •
  • hold back,
  • leave.
  •
  • keep.
  •eschew
  • swear off,
  • let well enough alone,
  • forswear,
  • not touch.
  •fast
  • deny oneself,
  • starve,
  • go hungry.
  •forgo
  • dispense with.
  •Other relevant words:
  • pause,
  • sit it out,
  • renunciation,
  • discontinue,
  • abandonment,
  • stimulation,
  • diet,
  • stand aloof from,
  • teetotal,
  • standoff,
  • keep back,
  • disuse,
  • be inactive,
  • prevent,
  • abstention,
  • not move,
  • relinquish,
  • reduce,
  • eschewal,
  • throw out,
  • reject,
  • stimulant,
  • lay aside,
  • input,
  • slim,
  • stimulus,
  • forbear from,
  • waiver,
  • abstinence,
  • stand aloof,
  • shelve,
  • straddle,
  • repel,
  • throw back,
  • let be,
  • avoidance,
  • eject,
  • disclaimer,
  • supersede,
  • push aside,
  • abdication,
  • disapprove of,
  • route,
  • abstain from,
  • forbearance,
  • forego,
  • spare,
  • discard,
  • trim,
  • turn away,
  • turnoff,
  • refrain from,
  • intermit,
  • have nothing to do with,
  • finish,
  • ignore,
  • conclude,
  • stalemate,
  • desist from,
  • tie,
  • faire,
  • abnegation,
  • hold aloof from,
  • road,
  • eat sparingly,
  • waive,
  • deny,
  • dispense,
  • screen out,
  • rejection,
  • let pass,
  • reserve,
  • resignation,
  • maintain,
  • dismiss,
  • not use,
  • let go by,
  • stand-by,
  • restrain,
  • have no choice,
  • denial,
  • help,
  • give warning,
  • hold,
  • repudiate,
  • leave off,
  • save,
  • put aside,
  • be quiet,
  • repudiation.

Paraphrases for Abstain:

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    AM.
  • Verb, base form
    restrain, cease, withhold, stop, forgo, resist, abandon, forbear, refuse.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    refrain.
  • Verb, base form
    refrain, desist.

Antonyms for Abstain:

• v.

  • hold back from doing
    embrace, DO, allow, encourage, continue, face, indulge, want, use, meet, accept.
  • Other antonyms:
    enter upon, bow, capitulate, submit, originate, concede, start, succumb, have, initiate, yield, knuckle under, set about, acquiesce, commence, give in, institute, surrender, inaugurate, begin.

Homophones for Abstain:

• affectation, abjection, apposition, affixation, affection, avocation, avestan, abo system.

Hyponym for Abstain:

• v.

  • social
    forbear, refrain.