refrain

To hold back; restrain; curb; keep from action.

To forbear; abstain from; quit.

To forbear; abstain; keep one’s self from action or interference.

A burden or chorus recurring at regular intervals in the course of a song or ballad, usually at the end of each stanza.

The musical phrase or figure to which the burden of a song is set. It has the same relation to the main part of the tune that the burden has to the main text of the song.

An after-taste or -odor; that impression which lingers on the sense: as, the refrain of a Cologne water, of a perfume, of a wine.

To keep one’s self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

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.

To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

To abstain from.