abjure, abstain (from), forbear, forgo(also forego), keep (from), withhold (from)

avoid, eschew, shuncheck, constrain, curb, inhibitdeny, refuse, reject, repudiatebuck, combat, fight

bow (to), give in (to), submit (to), succumb (to), surrender (to), yield (to)

acquiesce (to), capitulate, concede (to), knuckle under (to)