Refrain and Support

Refrain

Refrain verb - Resist doing something.

Support is an antonym for refrain.

Nearby Words: refrained, refraining

Support

Support verb - To put up with (something painful or difficult).
Usage example: he simply cannot support the thought of having to go on living without his beloved wife at his side

Refrain is an antonym for support.

Common collocations

daughter refrain daughter support daughter

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / The Heroic Legend of Arslan Skewed Priorities: A mild one when Hodir gave Arslan two conditions to gain his support (marry his daughter and refrain from any revolutionary reforms such as abolishing slavery), Arslan was more upset that he hasn't even met Hodir's daughter yet.
  • This is always portrayed sympathetically as the protagonist finding the love and support that her husband is not providing to her, and only in one such route does she carefully refrain from physical intimacy with her love interest because she feels it would make her no better than her husband.
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