refrain - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'refrain' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.

2 . Refrain

[ v. i.]

- To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

3 . Refrain

[ v. t.]

- To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
- To abstain from

1 . refrain

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- resist doing something

Example in sentence:

Meaning (2):
- choose not to consume

Example in sentence:

refaction refar refashion refashionment refasten refect refection refective refectories refectory

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