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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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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