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'refraining'
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refraining
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forbear
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Verb, Verb
abstain
x/
Verb, Verb
desist
x/
Verb, Verb
chorus
/x
Verb, Verb
take
/
Adverb, Verb, Noun
move
/
Noun, Verb, Noun
have
/
Noun, Verb, Noun
consume
x/
Noun, Verb
ingest
x/
Verb, Verb, Noun
take in
/x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
avoiding
x/x
Verb
prohibiting
x/xx
Verb
condemning
x/x
Verb
shunning
/x
Verb
endorsing
x/x
Verb
indulging
x/x
Verb
justifying
/xxx
Verb
preventing
x/x
Verb
criticizing
/xxx
Verb
retaliating
x/xxx
Verb
admonishing
x/xx
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forgoing
x/x
Verb
enjoining
x/x
Verb
renouncing
x/x
Verb
soliciting
x/xx
Verb
resorting
x/x
Verb
withdrawing
x/x
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resisting
x/x
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committing
x/x
Verb
condoning
x/x
Verb
chastising
x/x
Verb
deferring
x/x
Verb
restricting
x/x
Verb
regretting
x/x
Verb
rationalizing
/xxxx
Noun
precluding
x/x
Verb
excusing
x/x
Verb
stopping
/x
Verb
imitating
/xxx
Verb
chiding
/x
Noun
overdoing
/x/x
Verb
postponing
x/x
Verb
delaying
x/x
Verb
rebuking
x/x
Verb
eschewing
x/x
Verb
dissociating
x/xxx
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acquiescing
xx/x
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disclosing
x/x
Verb
tolerating
/xxx
Verb
reacting
x/x
Verb
scolding
/x
Noun
disregarding
xx/x
Verb
criticising
/xxx
Verb
heeding
/x
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apologizing
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denouncing
x/x
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hesitating
/xxx
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restraining
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repudiating
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omitting
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discouraging
x/xx
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expelling
x/x
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partaking
x/x
Noun
contemplating
/xxx
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cautioning
/xx
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exercising
/xxx
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acting
/x
Verb
forbidding
x/x
Verb
antagonizing
x/xxx
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denigrating
/xxx
Verb
banning
/x
Noun
divulging
x/x
Verb
observing
x/x
Verb
advocating
/xxx
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deterring
x/x
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skipping
/x
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rejecting
x/x
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ignoring
x/x
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considering
x/xx
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goading
/x
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practicing
/xx
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repenting
x/x
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objecting
x/x
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recognizing
/xxx
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removing
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abandoning
x/xx
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reproaching
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respecting
x/x
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relying
x/x
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forsaking
x/x
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inducing
x/x
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doing
/x
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ceasing
/x
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uttering
/xx
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deviating
/xxx
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internalizing
x/xxx
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thinking
/x
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denying
x/x
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talking
/x
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acknowledging
x/xx
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sparing
/x
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attributing
x/xx
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eating
/x
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busying
/xx
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anticipating
x/xxx
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mentioning
/xx
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limiting
/xx
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initiating
x/xxx
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spoiling
/x
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elaborating
x/xxx
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sticking
/x
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suspending
x/x
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apologising
x/xxx
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profiting
/xx
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repeating
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accusing
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interrupting
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perceiving
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excluding
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counteracting
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stepping
/x
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stressing
/x
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evading
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instigating
/xxx
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risking
/x
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complimenting
/xxx
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praising
/x
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commenting
/xx
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hating
/x
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curtailing
x/x
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buying
/x
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responding
x/x
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approving
x/x
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associating
x/xxx
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appreciating
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blurting
/x
Verb
disengaging
xx/x
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speaking
/x
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reconsidering
xx/xx
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dislodging
x/x
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berating
x/x
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disobeying
xx/x
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obsessing
x/x
Adjective
countering
/xx
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informing
x/x
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provoking
x/x
Adjective
abstention
x/x
Noun
silence
/x
Noun
relenting
x/x
Noun
inhibition
xx/x
Noun
halting
/x
Noun
cognitive
/xx
Adjective
mere
/
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positive
/xx
Adjective
such
/
Adjective
harming
/x
Verb
abeyance
x/x
Noun
abstinence
/xx
Noun
ac
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
acknowledgment
x/xx
Noun
adaptation
xx/x
Noun
appeasement
x/x
Noun
association
xxx/x
Noun
ax
/
Noun, Verb
badness
/x
Noun
commendation
xx/x
Noun
confession
x/x
Noun
denial
x/x
Noun
failing
/x
Noun
fostering
/xx
Noun
introspection
xx/x
Noun
malingering
x/xx
Noun
omission
x/x
Noun
privation
x/x
Noun
seeking
/x
Noun, Adjective
starvation
x/x
Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
/
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bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
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