Defenition of the word refrain

• Defenition of the word refrain

  • To resist doing something.
  • choose to refrain; "i abstain from alcohol"
  • the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
  • not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"
  • choose no to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
  • not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"
  • choose not to consume
  • resist doing something

Synonyms for the word refrain

• • abstain
  • chorus
  • desist
  • forbear
  • forebear

Meronymys for the word refrain

• • song

Hyponyms for the word refrain

• • abstain
  • avoid
  • fast
  • forbear
  • help
  • help oneself
  • hold back
  • keep off
  • leave
  • leave alone
  • leave behind
  • let it go
  • save
  • sit out
  • spare
  • stand by
  • teetotal
  • tra-la
  • tra-la-la

Hypernyms for the word refrain

• • music

Antonyms for the word refrain

• • act
  • consume
  • have
  • ingest
  • move
  • take
  • take in

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