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refrain : dumili (v.); santa (v.)

Glosses: (~ related words)
refrain
n. (communication)1. chorus, refrainthe part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers.
~ musican artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner.
~ song, vocala short musical composition with words.; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"
~ tra-la, tra-la-laa set of nonsensical syllables used while humming a refrain.
v. (stative)2. forbear, refrainresist doing something.; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"
~ leave alone, leave behind, leaveleave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking.; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"
~ let it gonot act.; "He thought of a reply but let it go"
~ abstainrefrain from voting.
~ spare, saverefrain from harming.
~ forbear, hold backrefrain from doing.; "she forbore a snicker"
~ help oneself, helpabstain from doing; always used with a negative.; "I can't help myself--I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching the sad spectacle"
~ stand bynot act or do anything.; "He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators"
~ sit outnot participate in (an activity, such as a dance or a sports event).; "He sat out the game"
v. (consumption)3. abstain, desist, refrainchoose not to consume.; "I abstain from alcohol"
~ fastabstain from eating.; "Before the medical exam, you must fast"
~ fastabstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons.; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"
~ keep off, avoidrefrain from certain foods or beverages.; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
~ teetotalpractice teetotalism and abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages.