refrain
verb (used without object)
to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed byfrom ).
refrainment
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a word derived from
refrain.
Example Sentences
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The story in it is played out by due degrees, and there may be just as much deliberation, refrainment, suspension, as in a story told scenically upon the stage.
From The Craft of Fiction by Percy Lubbock
