refrain
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- song part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
resist doing something
He refrained from hitting him back
Types & categories
- leave alone hyponym
- let it go hyponym
- abstain hyponym
- spare hyponym
- forbear hyponym
- help oneself hyponym
- stand by hyponym
- sit out hyponym
Related & opposite
- act antonym
- forbearance derivation
Sense 3 verb
choose not to consume
I abstain from alcohol
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- ingest antonym
- abstinence derivation
- abstinent derivation
- abstainer derivation
- abstinent derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | choir |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | choral |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | song |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | music |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tra-la |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | act |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | forbearance |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | leave alone |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | let it go |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | abstain |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spare |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | forbear |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | help oneself |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stand by |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sit out |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | ingest |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstinence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstinent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstainer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstinent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fast |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fast |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | keep off |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | teetotal |