Refrained and Wanted

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Wanted and refrained are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wanted" instead a verb "Refrained".

Nearby Words: refrain, refraining

Wanted adjective - Desired or wished for or sought.

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Refrained and wanted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Refrained" instead a verb "Wanted".

Nearby Words: want, wanting

While it makes sense that Lucci wouldn't be interested in killing a defenseless child, he refrained from stopping Chimney because he wanted Luffy to find him so they could fight.

Source: Even Evil Has Standards / Anime and Manga
I Want Them Alive: Marshal Law actually wanted to bring the Public Spirit to trial and he refrained from using lethal force.

Source: Comic Book / Marshal Law
Calling The Old Woman Out: Zachariah recalls that he wanted to do this to his mother for all her abuse of him in his childhood, but he refrained from doing this because she was sickly and (though he didn't know it then) in her last moments.

Source: Literature / The Painted Canoe

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