The phrase "refrain from asserting" is correct and can be used in written English.
This phrase is generally used when someone wants to advise someone else to not make a definite statement or claim. For example: "The lawyer advised his client to refrain from asserting his innocence until they had more evidence to support it."
Yet it appears that for some, the call to listen before speaking, to refrain from asserting immediate authority, is so unfamiliar that it feels outrageous.
It is not unreasonable to assume that one who may wish to challenge the executive's jurisdiction in the courts will not refrain from asserting in the proceedings before the executive the facts on which he relies.
Reporters should "refrain from asserting that the planet has warmed (or cooled) in any given period without IMMEDIATELY pointing out that such theories are based upon data that critics have called into question," the memo read.
That is not to say that China has refrained from asserting its sovereignty claims.
This more liberal approach allows for lies of omission misleading by refraining from asserting something and also allows that misleading nonverbal behaviours can count as lies provided that they are deliberately undertaken with the intent to deceive.
And his Justice Department has refrained from asserting unilateral presidential power in the conduct of the wars Obama has inherited: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen.
When urged to heed the Palestinian boycott call, and to refrain from playing in Israel, they often assert their qualms about boycotts.
A person asserting dominance will also refrain from smiling in order to communicate seriousness and may instead frown or purse his lips.
Konopka voluntarily surrendered her medical license in October 2017 after a series of complaints, which investigators assert stem from her decision to refrain from digital record-keeping.
Asserting that Beijing had been helpful in pressuring North Korea to refrain from provocative actions, Mr. Kerry said that the Obama administration was committed to cooperation with China on issues ranging from maritime security to economic relations.
Only incidentally a Muslim scholar or a group of paediatricians will assert that this does not necessarily rule out the possibility to refrain from treatment [ 11, 16].
