Refrain

/ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/

Synonyms for "refrain" (281 found)

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Closest matches (57)

Noun(14 words)

chorus abstain abstaining antiphon avoid avoidingbeing privatebit burthen catchphrase celibates choruses chorussing clam

abandon abort abstainabstain fromaddendum afterthought air anacrusis antistrophe appendix aria arrest avoidback matterbass passagebelay bis bob book bourdon

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bridge burden cadence cancel canto cantus cease chant check chorus coda

Verb(12 words)

abjure abstain abstained abstainsapply no forceavoid artavoid contactavoid legislative topicsavoided avoids censored chorussed

Strong matches (84)

codicil colophon conclusion consequence constrain continuance continuation couplet curbcut it outdeny descant desist development discontinuedispense withdistich ditto divisiondo without

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double takedrop itdying wordsend envoi epilogue epode eschew exposition falderal figure folderolfollow throughfollow upfollow-through follow-up forbear forgogive overgive uphaltharmonic closehave done withheptastich hexastich holdhold aloof fromhold backhold offinhibit interlude intermezzo interruptintroductory phrasekeepkeep backkeep from

Noun(9 words)

decline desist detoxdo not disturbendlessness fast fasts foregoing foreswearing

Verb(17 words)

desist desisting desists eschewed eschewing eschews fasted forbear forbears forbore forborne forewent forgoes forgoing forgone hesitate hesitates

Adjective(1 words)

forbearing

Related words (140)

keep in handknock it offlast wordlast wordslaylay offleave offleave well enough alonelet alonelet go bylet well enough aloneline measure melodiamelodic linemelody monostich motif movementmusical phrase

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musical sentencenever touchnot touchnot usenote octastich octave octet ornamentottava rimapartparthian shotparting shotpass uppassage pentastich period peroration phrase postface postfix postlude postscript ps quatrain quitrefrain fromrelinquish renounce repeat repetend reprise reserve resolution response restrainrhyme royalritornello save scrubsecond thoughtsection septet sequel sequela sequelae sequelant sequent sequitur sestet sextet shun solosolo partsongsoprano partsparespenserian stanzastand aloofstand aloof fromstanza statement stave stay stop strain strophe subscript suffix supplementswan songsyllable tag tailpiece tercet terminateterza rimatetrastich treble triplet tristich tune tuttitutti passageundersong variation verse waive withhold

Noun(21 words)

leitmotiv mantra motif motto ostinato raetam ravehookrefrain linerelyricrepeated phraserepeats repetitions reserves reserving sigeh stops strains vamping vamps withhold

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withholding

Determiner(3 words)

no forceno labelno tearing

Adjective(3 words)

repeated motifuntouched untrod

Verb(4 words)

scruplingshow restraintwaived withheld

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

17 entries

avoidance choose directivehold outinstruction music optpart of songprefer resist restraintrhetorical deviceself-controlstand firmtextual elementtextual feature

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More specific

13 entries

catchphrase chorusdaylong fastdietingexplicit requestformal cautionhook leitmotifpartial fastpolite directiverecurrent linesobriety temperance

Collocations

9 entries

catchy refrainformal refrainmelodic refrainmusical refrainrefrain linerefrain sectionrepeated refrainrhythmic refrainstandard refrain

Inflections

3 entries

refrained refraining refrains

Derivations

2 entries

refrainer refrainment

Antonyms

1 entries

act

Translations

39 translations across 21 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

اِمْتَنَعَ verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

saqınmaq verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Bulgarian

1 entries

въздържам се verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

戒除 verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
避免 verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Czech

4 entries

upustit verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
vyhnout se verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
vyvarovat se verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
zdržet se verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Danish

2 entries

afholde sig verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
afstå verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Dutch

1 entries

zich onthouden verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Finnish

1 entries

pidättyä verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

French

1 entries

s'abstenir verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

German

4 entries

Abstand nehmen verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
absehen verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
sich enthalten verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
sich zurückhalten verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Italian

1 entries

astenersi verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Japanese

2 entries

差し控える verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
慎む verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Latin

1 entries

parcō verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Māori

1 entries

wainamu verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

avholde seg verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
avstå verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Polish

2 entries

powstrzymać się verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
powstrzymywać się verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Portuguese

1 entries

abster-se (de) verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Slovene

1 entries

vzdržati se verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Spanish

3 entries

abstenerse verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
inhibirse verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
prescindir verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Swedish

3 entries

avhålla sig verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
avstå verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
låta bli verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Ukrainian

2 entries

утри́матися verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
утри́муватися verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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Please refrain from smoking, while the non-smoking signs are on.

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Please refrain from speaking without permission.

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Please refrain from smoking without permission.

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Please refrain from smoking.

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