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refrain::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | forbear |
| Has types | hold back, abstain, let it go, save, sit out, spare, stand by, forbear, help, help oneself, leave, leave alone, leave behind, let alone |
He refrained from hitting him back.
Examples of refrain
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Peaceman advises women to refrain from exercises or sports that involve jumping.
From the sacbee.com
The company asked customers to refrain from using garden hoses and washing cars.
From the cnn.com
While price targets may differ, many of the Apple bulls sing a familiar refrain.
From the businessweek.com
Keep up the great writing gps watch reviews I could not refrain from commenting.
From the nbr.co.nz
Will they insist we refrain from divisive rhetoric in a manner they rarely have?
From the nzherald.co.nz
I would refrain from those activities that seem to consistently elicit the pain.
From the tennessean.com
The Economist must refrain from doing this dirty work like British colonialists.
From the economist.com
Take the money, but you should refrain from defending fad writing as literature.
From the guardian.co.uk
Their constant refrain seems to be if President Obama wants it, we will deny it.
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- Resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"
- The part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
- Abstain: choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
- A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, "to repeat", and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the villanelle, the virelay, and the sestina.
- A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, "to repeat", and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the villanelle, the virelay, and the sestina.
- (Refraining) not giving in to unnecessary craving
- A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza.
- A unit of text and music which repeats, commonly at the end of each stanza.
- The melody of a song that is repeated after each verse. (After singing the second verse of the song, the chorus sang the refrain.)
