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Definition of Refrain
Refrain

To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

To abstain from

To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

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.

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Refrain Quotations

As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.
Mark Twain

Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?
William Shakespeare

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.
Aristotle

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.
Horace

We in the West do not refrain from childbirth because we are concerned about the population explosion or because we feel we cannot afford children, but because we do not like children.
Germaine Greer

Refrain Translations

refrain in French is refrain
refrain in Italian is ritenere, ritornello, ritornello
refrain in Spanish is estribillo

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