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Meaning of refrain

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  refrain
      n 1: the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of
           singers [syn: {refrain}, {chorus}]
      v 1: resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him
           back"; "she could not forbear weeping" [syn: {refrain},
           {forbear}] [ant: {act}, {move}]
      2: choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol" [syn:
         {abstain}, {refrain}, {desist}] [ant: {consume}, {have},
         {ingest}, {take}, {take in}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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