Definitions from Wiktionary (refrain)
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
▸ verb: (reflexive, archaic) To show restraint; to hold oneself back.
▸ verb: (transitive, now rare) To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
▸ verb: (intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
▸ verb: (transitive, rare, regional) To abstain from (food or drink).
▸ noun: The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
▸ noun: (by extension) A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.
▸ Also see refrain
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▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
▸ verb: (reflexive, archaic) To show restraint; to hold oneself back.
▸ verb: (transitive, now rare) To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
▸ verb: (intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
▸ verb: (transitive, rare, regional) To abstain from (food or drink).
▸ noun: The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
▸ noun: (by extension) A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.
▸ Also see refrain
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