To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
To control oneself when provoked.
To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
To decline, to refuse to do or accept.
To contradict or deny.
To forbid, to refuse to allow, give, or permit.
To gainsay, to oppose in speech (and by extension writing).