abstain
From LSJ
λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ὁ χρηστὸς φίλος → a true friend is grief's physician, a worthy friend is a physician to your pain
P. and V. ἀπέχεσθαι, ἀφίστασθαι; see refrain.
abstain from: use verbs given with the gen.
abstain from food: P. and V. ἀσιτεῖν.
