Definition of refrain

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Refrain (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

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Refrained :: Refrained (imp. & p. p.) of Refrai.
Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A monotonous refrain.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) A promise or agreement by which one binds one's self to do, or to refrain from doing, something; especially, a solemn promise in writing to refrain from using intoxicating liquors or the like; as, to sign the pledge; the mayor had made no pledges..
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..
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..
Refrenation :: Refrenation (v. t.) The act of refraining.
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..
Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Hold :: Hold (n. i.) To restrain one's self; to refrain.
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) The burden or refrain of a song.
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..
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..
Refrainment :: Refrainment (n.) Act of refraining.
Refrain :: Refrain (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
Disoblige :: Disoblige (v. t.) To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to.
Neutrality :: Neutrality (a.) The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers..
Dehort :: Dehort (v. t.) To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade.
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..
Undersong :: Undersong (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
Bob :: Bob (n.) The refrain of a song.
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