refraining

re-frain-ing

verb

Consciously holding back from an action, impulse, or statement.

"She is refraining from eating biscuits before dinner."

Thesaurus

Synonyms: abstain, desist, refrain, chorus, forbear

Antonyms: act, consume, have, ingest, move, take, take in

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