Abstain

ABSTA'IN, verb intransitive [Latin abstineo, to keep from; abs and teneo, to hold. See [[Tenant]].]

In a general sense, to forbear, or refrain from, voluntarily; but used chiefly to denote a restraint upon the passions or appetites; to refrain from indulgence.

Abstain from meats offered to idols. [[Acts 15#29|Acts 15:29]].

To abstain from the use of ardent spirits; to abstain from luxuries.