abstain
verbTo choose not to participate in or consume something.
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Clear all filtersTo choose not to participate in or consume something.
The deliberate practice of refraining from something.
To make room for, adapt to, or meet the needs of someone or something.
Adapt or meet needs
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Sharp and biting in tone or temper.
Biting in tone
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To recognize or admit that something exists or is true.
To cause someone to act or something to operate.
Move someone to act
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Something added to a main activity or item in a supporting role.
To make something more attractive by adding decoration.
To make something less pure by mixing in another substance.
To publicly support or argue in favor of something.
A natural liking for, attraction to, or connection with something.
To state positively that something is true or to express firm support for it.
A collection or combination of separate things into a group or total.
Gathering or combined group
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To assert that something happened or is true before it has been proved.
To refer to something indirectly without naming or explaining it fully.
Having mixed or conflicting feelings about something.
A comparison that uses a relevant similarity to explain or understand something.
To declare something invalid or cancel its force or effect.
Cancel validity or effect
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Something that differs from what is usual or expected.
Something that came earlier and helped shape a later event or development.
Earlier event or development
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The direct opposite of something.
The highest point or culminating stage of something.
To understand or perceive something; also to take someone into custody.
Understand
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An uneasy expectation that something unpleasant may happen.
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