Refrain
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern. To abstain from To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition. As enjoined by a chorus.
Example sentence: Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?
Forbear
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An ancestor.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up.To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.To control oneself when provoked.