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Main Entry:	refrain
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	chorus of musical piece
Synonyms:	burden, melody, music, song, strain, theme, tune, undersong

Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Main Entry:	refrain
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	do without; keep from doing
Synonyms:	abstain, arrest, avoid, be temperate, cease, check, curb, desist, eschew, forbear, forgo, give up, go on the wagon, halt, inhibit, interrupt, keep, leave off, not do, pass, pass up, quit, renounce, resist, restrain, sit out, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold
Antonyms:	do, go ahead, jump in

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Main Entry:	refrain
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	To hold oneself back.
Synonyms:	abstain, forbear, hold off, keep, withhold

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Main Entry:	refrain
Part of Speech:	verb
Synonyms:	abstain, avoid, cease, check, chorus, curb, desist, forbear, forego, forgo, halt, inhibit, music, restrain, song, tune, withhold

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