Hold and Refrain

Hold

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

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Refrain and hold are semantically related in hold back topic. In some cases you can use "Refrain" instead a verb "Hold".

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Refrain verb - Resist doing something.

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Hold and refrain are semantically related in hold back topic. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Refrain".

Nearby Words: refrained, refraining

This leads her to refrain from performing the sanction, and she continues to hold that position even after she's nearly sanctioned herself as punishment for bailing out.

Source: Light Novel / Is This a Zombie?
Refrain from Assuming: "Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)" goes the route of having a Non-Appearing Title followed by the refrain in parentheses.

Source: Music / The Joshua Tree
This is assumed from the start of pretty much every apprenticeship - the student will hold off on killing the master until enough has been taught or the master looks too weak, and the master will refrain from killing the apprentice until the apprentice becomes worryingly powerful.

Source: I Can Rule Alone

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