Refrein vs. Refrain

Refreinnoun

(rare) refrain

Refrainverb

To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).

Refrainverb

To show restraint; to hold oneself back.

Refrainverb

To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.

Refrainverb

(intransitive) To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain.

Refrainverb

To abstain from (food or drink).

Refrainnoun

The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.

Refrainnoun

A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.

Refrainverb

To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

Refrainverb

To abstain from.

Refrainverb

To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

Refrainnoun

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.

Refrainnoun

the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

Refrainverb

not do something;

Refrainverb

choose no to consume;

Refrain

A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, , and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry — the of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the villanelle, the virelay, and the sestina.