Definition of refrain

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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.

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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..
Hide :: Hide (v. t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
Refrainment :: Refrainment (n.) Act of refraining.
Bob :: Bob (n.) The refrain of a song.
Refrenation :: Refrenation (v. t.) The act of refraining.
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..
Virelay :: Virelay (n.) An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain..
Refraining :: Refraining (p. pr. & vb/ n.) of Refrai.
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..
Refrain :: Refrain (v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
Refret :: Refret (n.) 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..
Dehort :: Dehort (v. t.) To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade.
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..
Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A monotonous refrain.
Ca Ira :: Ca ira () The refrain of a famous song of the French Revolution.
Refrainer :: Refrainer (n.) One who refrains.
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..
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
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