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

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

Refret :: Refret (n.) 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..

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

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

Refrain :: Refrain (v. t.) To abstain fro.

Undersong :: Undersong (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.

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..

Abstinent :: Abstinent (a.) Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate..

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

Burden :: Burden (n.) The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer..

Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation..

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..

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

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

Abstemious :: Abstemious (a.) Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.

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

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

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..

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