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Burden :: Burden (n.) The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer..

Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation..

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) Treatment shown by an enemy; mercy; especially, the act of sparing the life a conquered enemy; a refraining from pushing one's advantage to extremes..

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) The burden or refrain of a song.

Neutrality :: Neutrality (a.) The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers..

Refret :: Refret (n.) Refrain.

Refrain :: Refrain (v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

Duty :: Duty (n.) That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory..

Undersong :: Undersong (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.

Vaudeville :: Vaudeville (n.) A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song..

Bob :: Bob (n.) The refrain of a song.

Abstinent :: Abstinent (a.) Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate..

Refrenation :: Refrenation (v. t.) The act of refraining.

Ca Ira :: Ca ira () The refrain of a famous song of the French Revolution.

Spare :: Spare (v. i.) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.

Refrain :: Refrain (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

Ballade :: Ballade (n.) A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy..

Hold :: Hold (n. i.) To restrain one's self; to refrain.

Continency :: Continency (n.) The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence..

Celebrate :: Celebrate (v. t.) To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday..

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