refrain from

refrain from something

to hold back from doing something; to choose not to do something as planned. I wish you would refrain from shouting. Please refrain from hollering.

To make a conscious decision not to do something: All passengers must refrain from smoking during the flight.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eimhir	-	Scottish
Vasili	vah-SEE-lee	Russian
Rudy	ROO-dee	English
Jockel	-	German
Elma	EL-mah (German)	Dutch, German
Oskar	AWS-kahr (German, Polish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish