meaning of refrain
1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
2. To abstain from
3. To keep ones self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
4. 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.
5. the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
Related Words
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