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refrain
Refrain means to keep from doing, feeling or saying something. (verb)
An example of refrain is for a child to hold his tongue instead of talking back to his parent.
A refrain is the part of a song or poem that is repeated. (noun)
An example of refrain is the part "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind." in Peter Paul and Mary's 1960's folk song "Blowing in the Wind."
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