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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Refrain" Definition
noun
A phrase, verse, or group of verses repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A repeated utterance or theme.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A song or melody.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Music for the refrain of a poem.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A regularly recurring phrase or verse especially at the end of each stanza or division of a poem or song.
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-transitive
Archaic To restrain or hold back; curb.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
To hold oneself back; forbear: refrained from swearing.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To keep oneself from doing, feeling, or indulging in something and especially from following a passing impulse.
Source: Merriam-Webster
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