Refrain

·vt To abstain from.

II. Refrain ·vi To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to Forbear; to Abstain.

III. Refrain ·v 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.

IV. Refrain ·vt To hold back; to Restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to Curb; to Govern.