Synonym: abstain, avoid, forego, shun. Antonym: persist. Similar words: refresh, forefront, afraid, refreshment, refrigerator, be afraid of, be afraid to, rain. Meaning: [rɪ'freɪn] 
n. the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers. v. 1. resist doing something 2. choose not to consume.
n. the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers. v. 1. resist doing something 2. choose not to consume. 
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1. Complaints about school food have become a familiar refrain.
2. We must refrain from spitting in public places.
3. Please refrain from talking during the performance.
4. They appealed to the protesters to refrain from violence.
5. Please refrain from eating here.
6. Please refrain from smoking in this area.
7. Will you all join in singing the refrain[Sentencedict.com], please ?
8. It is difficult for us to refrain from laughing when we are seeing a comedy.
9. The choir's sopranos took up the refrain.
10. 'Every vote counts' is a familiar refrain in politics.
11. Let's hope they will refrain .
12. You should refrain from unprincipled argument.
13. Please refrain from smoking during the performance.
14. Please refrain from smoking during the flight.
15. Rosa's constant refrain is that she doesn't have a life.
16. Shoppers, so the refrain goes(sentencedict.com), are never happy until they have found a bargain.
17. Our proposal met with the constant refrain that the company could not afford it.
18. Please refrain from smoking.
19. He could not refrain his tears when he heard the bad news.
20. When breaking in an engine, you probably should refrain from high speed for the first thousand miles.
21. And beneath it, that refrain of betrayal.
22. And one must refrain from apriori acts of belief.
23. Her own refrain went: This is not for me.
24. This is a fairly standard refrain.
25. "Never again" is the refrain associated with the Holocaust.
26. To refrain from rocking the boat.
27. Arafat has urged his people to refrain from violence.
28. Please refrain from smoking in the restaurant.
29. The protest began with a small group, but then the others took up the refrain.
30. Complaints about poor food in schools have become a familiar refrain.
More similar words: refresh, forefront, afraid, refreshment, refrigerator, be afraid of, be afraid to, rain, train, drain, rainy, brain, strain, grains, terrain, trainer, by train, raining, rainbow, rainfall, grained, restrain, training, strained, constrain, constraint, unrestrained, maintain, come from, date from.