Synonyms of refraining (from)

refraining (from)

verb

present participle of refrain (from)

as in keeping (from)

to resist the temptation of

couldn't refrain from ruffling her nephew's neatly combed hair whenever she saw him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• keeping (from)
• withholding (from)
• abstaining (from)
• avoiding
• foregoing
• denying
• forgoing
• forbearing
• refusing
• abjuring
• curbing
• shunning
• eschewing
• checking
• constraining
• inhibiting
• combatting
• combating
• rejecting
• fighting
• repudiating
• bucking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• bowing (to)
• surrendering (to)
• succumbing (to)
• giving in (to)
• conceding (to)
• acquiescing (to)
• knuckling under (to)
• capitulating