Synonyms of abstain

1 Syllable

curb, quit, stop, shied, shun, pass, fast, spurn

2 Syllables

forgo, constrain, withhold, starve, forbear, eschew, forwent, forgoes, forgoing, desist, forbears, fasting, wanter, curbing, famish, curbed, cease, lacker, refrain, avoid

3 Syllables

eschewing, declining, avoided, fence-sit, forgone, refrained, evade, forborne, avoiding, eschewed, famishes, desisting, refraining, decline, declined, renounce, abjure, forbore, refuse

4 Syllables

abnegate, abnegated

5 Syllables

circumlocute