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Refrain :: Refrain (v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

Duty :: Duty (n.) That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory..

Spare :: Spare (v. i.) To desist; to stop; to refrain.

Refrainer :: Refrainer (n.) One who refrains.

Hold :: Hold (n. i.) To restrain one's self; to refrain.

Covenant :: Covenant (n.) An undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the document or writing containing the terms of agreement..

Injunction :: Injunction (n.) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insome cases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ..

Hide :: Hide (v. t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.

Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.

Continency :: Continency (n.) The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence..

Refrain :: Refrain (v.) The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.

Refraining :: Refraining (p. pr. & vb/ n.) of Refrai.

Neutrality :: Neutrality (a.) The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers..

Ca Ira :: Ca ira () The refrain of a famous song of the French Revolution.

Responsory :: Responsory (n.) A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain..

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) The burden or refrain of a song.

Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A monotonous refrain.

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) Treatment shown by an enemy; mercy; especially, the act of sparing the life a conquered enemy; a refraining from pushing one's advantage to extremes..

Bob :: Bob (n.) The refrain of a song.

Refrained :: Refrained (imp. & p. p.) of Refrai.

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