Refrain synonyms | verbs

Synonyms for Refrain as a Verb

• abstain

  action, stop
• desist

  stop, abstain
• forbear

  stop, restraint
• withhold

  abstain, hold back
• avoid

  action, stop
• keep

  hold back, restraint
• forgo

  forbear, do without
• eschew

  stop, forbear
• cease

  abstain, do without
• restrain

  abstain, do without
• give up

  action, skip
• quit

  do without
• hold back

  abstain
• stop

  do without
• renounce

  forbear
• leave off

  quit
• curb

  restrain
• halt
• resist
• shun

  forbear
• abjure

  forbear
• do without
• discontinue
• interrupt
• hold

  hold back
• finish
• pause
• constrain

  restrain
• abstain from
• swear off

  quit
• pass
• pass up
• keep from
• inhibit

  restrain
• break off
• hold off

  restraint
• forego

  action, skip
• retain
• contain

  hold back
• bridle
• detain

  hold back
• forswear
• decline
• sit out
• arrest
• check
• not do
• terminate
• end
• conclude