abjured, abstained (from), forbore, kept (from), refrained (from), withheld (from)

avoided, eschewed, shunnedchecked, constrained, curbed, inhibiteddenied, refused, rejected, repudiatedbucked, combated(or combatted), fought

bowed (to), gave in (to), submitted (to), succumbed (to), surrendered (to), yielded (to)

acquiesced (to), capitulated, conceded (to), knuckled under (to)