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re⋅frain

1  [ri-freyn]
Use refrain from in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often fol. by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
–verb (used with object)
2. Archaic. to curb.
Origin:
1300–50; ME refreinen < OF refrener < L refrēnāre to bridle, equiv. to re- re- + frēn(um) bridle + -āre inf. suffix

Related forms:
re⋅frain⋅er, noun
re⋅frain⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
1. forbear, desist.
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