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verb

  1. To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
  2. To show restraint; to hold oneself back.
  3. To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
  4. (with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain.

noun

  1. The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
  2. A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.

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