Refrain

Definition:

• (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
• (v. t.) To abstain from
• (v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
• (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.

Compare refrain with other words:

meddle vs. refrain

confine vs. refrain

continence vs. refrain

cease vs. refrain

refrain vs. relinquish

refrain vs. refrained

prevent vs. refrain

refrain vs. shun

echo vs. refrain

refrain vs. undersong

refrain vs. repetend

refrain vs. refrainer

refrain vs. rondel

leed vs. refrain

forebear vs. refrain

refrain vs. refuse

constrain vs. refrain

deter vs. refrain

refrain vs. reprise

forbearance vs. refrain

lanterloo vs. refrain

detain vs. refrain

refrain vs. stifle

refrain vs. stanza

refrain vs. verse

refrain vs. repeat

burden vs. refrain

refrain vs. song

interference vs. refrain

action vs. refrain

check vs. refrain

curb vs. refrain

refrain vs. repress

refrain vs. restraint

hold vs. refrain

forbear vs. refrain

encore vs. refrain

refrain vs. restrain

content vs. refrain

refrain vs. spare

refrain vs. resist

avoid vs. refrain

celebrate vs. refrain

chorus vs. refrain

coda vs. refrain

help vs. refrain

leave vs. refrain

forgo vs. refrain

catch vs. refrain

abstinence vs. refrain

abstain vs. refrain