Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase to refrain from doing something.

Reverse dictionary results:
1. abstain
2. desist
3. forbear
4. withhold
5. adjourn
6. delay
7. put off
8. putoff
9. temporize
10. vamp
11. defer
12. delapse
13. delaying tactic
14. demur
15. detain
16. dretch
17. eld
18. hain
19. hesitate
20. hold out
21. keep back
22. keep from
23. keep off
24. keep out
25. overstay
26. postpone
27. procrastinate
28. push off
29. put aside
30. refrain
31. retard
32. suspense
33. table
34. wait
35. age
36. arrest
37. avoid

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