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
Glanville	GLAN-vil	English (Rare)
Pernille	per-NEEL-le	Danish, Norwegian
Dmitriy	DMEE-tree	Russian
RadosŁAwa	rah-daw-SWAH-vah	Polish
Carl	[ka:l]
Makayla	mə-KAY-lə	English (Modern)