Refraining
[ri'frein]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb/ n.) of Refrain
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Examples
- Under favour, sir, replied the yeoman, I have another reason for refraining to shoot, besides the fearing discomfiture and disgrace. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I supposed he regarded my silence as eccentricbut he was indulgent in refraining from censure. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- No precaution could have been more obvious than our refraining from communication with him that day; yet this again increased my restlessness. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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