To hold back; restrain; curb; keep from action.

To forbear; abstain from; quit.

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

noun. A burden or chorus recurring at regular intervals in the course of a song or ballad, usually at the end of each stanza.

noun. The musical phrase or figure to which the burden of a song is set. It has the same relation to the main part of the tune that the burden has to the main text of the song.

noun. An after-taste or -odor; that impression which lingers on the sense: as, the refrain of a Cologne water, of a perfume, of a wine.

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

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.

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

transitive verb. To abstain from.

noun. The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.

noun. the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

verb. resist doing something

verb. choose not to consume

""It takes a certain sort of film fan to like a Western," said Mr. Cenac, taking a break after the late-evening show, which also featured drinking games (one gulp after anyone gets shot) and a sing-along (the title refrain of Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive" after each wanted poster is glimpsed)."

refrained  refraining  

abstain  avoid  fast  forbear  help  

Alane  Aquitaine  Ayn  Bahrain  Biscayne  

ballad  cadence  chant  chord  chorus  

Bob  PS  Parthian shot  Spenserian stanza  abandon  

refrained  refraining  refrains