Refrain(v.) 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.
Refrain(v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
Refrain(v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
Refrain(v. t.) To abstain from
Refrained(imp. & p. p.) of Refrain
Refrainer(n.) One who refrains.
Refraining(p. pr. & vb/ n.) of Refrain
Refrainment(n.) Act of refraining.
Words within refrainer