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holding back
holding back
synonyms
restraint
inhibition
smothering
withholding
suppression
stifling
checking
forbearing
repression
avoidance of
keeping under control
shunning
refusal of
bridling
frustration
hindrance
keeping
renunciation of
keeping back
impediment
eschewal of
declining
abstinence
control
going without
forgoing
doing without
abjuration of
curbing
desisting
refraining
arrest
prevention
immurement
keeping in
quashing
nipping in the bud
pinch
pickup
muffling
retention
stopping
restraining
thwarting
putting an end/stop to
restriction
retardation
nab
time up the river
quarantine
more synonyms
holding back
antonyms
release
promotion
liberation
freedom
expression
encouragement