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English to English noun
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the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers |  | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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resist doing something | | Example: He refrained from hitting him back
she could not forbear weeping
source: wordnet30
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choose not to consume | | Example: I abstain from alcohol
source: wordnet30
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To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern. | | source: webster1913
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To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain. | | source: webster1913
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