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Celebrate :: Celebrate (v. t.) To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday..

Refrainment :: Refrainment (n.) Act of refraining.

Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.

Dehort :: Dehort (v. t.) To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade.

Refret :: Refret (n.) 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..

Vaudeville :: Vaudeville (n.) A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song..

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

Promise :: Promise (v. t.) To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money..

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

Refrenation :: Refrenation (v. t.) The act of refraining.

Abstain :: Abstain (v. i.) To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from..

Rondel :: Rondel (n.) Specifically, a particular form of rondeau containing fourteen lines in two rhymes, the refrain being a repetition of the first and second lines as the seventh and eighth, and again as the thirteenth and fourteenth..

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

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

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

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

Overlook :: Overlook (v. t.) To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse..

Virelay :: Virelay (n.) An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain..

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

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