Word Meanings - REFRAIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

L. refrenare; influenced by OF. refraindre to restrain, moderate, fr. LL. refrangere, for L. refringere to break up, break . L. refrenare is fr. pref. re- back + frenum bridle; cf. Skr. dh to 1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed

Additional info about word: REFRAIN

L. refrenare; influenced by OF. refraindre to restrain, moderate, fr. LL. refrangere, for L. refringere to break up, break . L. refrenare is fr. pref. re- back + frenum bridle; cf. Skr. dh to 1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern. His reson refraineth not his foul delight or talent. Chaucer. Refrain thy foot from their path. Prov. i. 15. 2. To abstain from Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, received no other counsel than to refrain cold drink. Sir T. Browne.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REFRAIN)

• Abstain
• Refrain
• forbear
• refuse
• demur
• avoid
• cease
• stop
• keep back
• desist
• discontinue
• withhold
• scruple
• Beware
• Care
• refrain
• consider
• heed
• look
• fear
• Reticence
• Reserve
• silentness
• repressiveness
• Spare Save
• afford
• grant
• reserve
• do without
• husband
• economize
• s o-o
• grudge
• discard
• omit
• abstain

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of REFRAIN)

• Grant
• afford
• yield
• concede
• acquiesce

Related words: (words related to REFRAIN)

• DEMURE
  good manners); de of + murs, mours, meurs, mors, F. m, fr. L. mores manners, morals ; or more prob. fr. OF. meür, F. mûr mature, ripe in a phrase preceded by de, as de 1. Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest
• RESERVE
  1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen.
• CONSIDERINGLY
  With consideration or deliberation.
• ABSTAIN
  To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from. Not a few abstained from voting. Macaulay. Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt Shak. Syn. -- To refrain;
• HUSBANDABLE
  Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy. Sherwood.
• GRUDGEONS; GURGEONS
  Coarse meal.
• HUSBANDLESS
  Destitute of a husband. Shak.
• YIELDABLE
  Disposed to yield or comply. -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Hall.
• YIELDANCE
  1. The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth. Bp. Hall. 2. The act of yielding; concession. South.
• REFRAINMENT
  Act of refraining.
• CEASELESS
  Without intermission or end.
• BEWARE
  1. To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided. Beware of all, but most beware of man ! Pope. Beware the awful avalanche. Longfellow. 2. To have a special regard;
• DEMURRABLE
  That may be demurred to. Stormonth.
• ACQUIESCENTLY
  In an acquiescent manner.
• DEMUR
  1. To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about. The latter I demur, for in their looks Much reason, and in their actions, oft appears. Milton. 2. To cause delay to; to put off. He demands a fee, And then demurs me with a vain
• YIELDING
  Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. Yielding and paying , the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is mentioned and reserved. Burrill. Syn. --
• WITHOUT-DOOR
  Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak.
• ACQUIESCE
  1. To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with
• WITHOUTFORTH
  Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer.
• DEMURENESS
  The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.
• TRANSPARENT
  transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
• UNCONSIDERED
  Not considered or attended to; not regarded; inconsiderable; trifling. A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. Shak.
• YIELD
  pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be
• IMMIGRANT
  One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant. Syn. -- See Emigrant.
• ECONOMIZE
  To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income. Expenses in the city were to be economized. Jowett . Calculating how to economize time. W. Irving.
• INCONSIDERATION
  Want of due consideration; inattention to consequences; inconsiderateness. Blindness of mind, inconsideration, precipitation. Jer. Taylor. Not gross, willful, deliberate, crimes; but rather the effects of inconsideration. Sharp.
• DISCONTINUE
  To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school
• FLAGRANT
  1. Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent. The beadle's lash still flagrant on their back. Prior. A young man yet flagrant from the lash of the executioner or the beadle. De Quincey. Flagrant desires and affections. Hooker. 2. Actually in
• SCRUPLE
  twenty-fourth part of an ounce, a scruple, uneasiness, doubt, dim. of scrupus a rough or sharp stone, anxiety, uneasiness; perh. akin to 1. A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram. 2. Hence, a very small quantity; a particle. I will
• INTEGRANT
  Making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire thing; integral. Boyle. All these are integrant parts of the republic. Burke. Integrant parts, or particles, of bodies, those smaller particles into which a body may be reduced without loss
• VAGRANTNESS
  State of being vagrant; vagrancy.