| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back from doing |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold |
| Antonyms: | indulge, use |
| Main Entry: | quit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop doing something |
| Synonyms: | abandon, break off, call it a day, call it quits, cease, conclude, cut it out, desist, discontinue, drop, end, get on the wagon, give notice, give over, give up, halt, hang it up, kick over, kick the habit, knock off, leave, leave off, pack in, quit cold, resign, retire, secede, sew up, surcease, suspend, take the cure, terminate, wind up, withdraw, wrap up |
| Antonyms: | complete, continue, do, finish, persevere |
| Main Entry: | refrain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do without; keep from doing |
| Synonyms: | abstain, arrest, avoid, be temperate, cease, check, curb, desist, eschew, forbear, forgo, give up, go on the wagon, halt, inhibit, interrupt, keep, leave off, not do, pass, pass up, quit, renounce, resist, restrain, sit out, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold |
| Notes: | refrain means to choose not to do something or partake of something; restrain means to immobilize by force or to forbid an action |
| Antonyms: | do, go ahead, jump in |
| Main Entry: | cold turkey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete and sudden withdrawal from an addictive substance |
| Synonyms: | abrupt withdrawal, crash, detox, detoxification, on the wagon, sudden withdrawal, taking the cure |