3 words match “refrain”

• refrain verb

  to stop yourself from doing something

  Please refrain from talking during the exam.

  Like abstain, avoid, desist

• abstain verb

  to choose not to do something, especially something you enjoy

  During the festival week, my uncle abstains from eating meat.

  Like refrain, forgo

• desist verb

  to stop doing something, especially when asked or ordered

  The guard asked the tourists to desist from touching the old carvings.

  Like stop, cease, refrain