abjuring, abstaining (from), forbearing, keeping (from), refraining (from), withholding (from)

avoiding, eschewing, shunningchecking, constraining, curbing, inhibitingdenying, refusing, rejecting, repudiatingbucking, combating(or combatting), fighting

bowing (to), giving in (to), submitting (to), succumbing (to), surrendering (to), yielding (to)

acquiescing (to), capitulating, conceding (to), knuckling under (to)