meaning of refrains

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


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