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Word: refrain
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Meaning:
Noun:
- 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. As enjoined by a chorus.
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Verb:
- intransitive To keep one?s self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
- transitive To abstain from
- transitive To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
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