abstain
verb/əbˈsteɪn/
Frequency rank: #12,081 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to deliberately choose not to do or have something.
Example sentence
He decided to abstain from alcohol for the entire month of January.
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