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refrain, chorus

n. the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

refrain, forbear

v. resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

abstain, refrain, desist

v. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

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chant

n. a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone

dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody

n. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

hymn, anthem

n. a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

ode

n. a lyric poem with complex stanza forms

hold, carry, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

abstain, refrain, desist

v. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

shun, eschew

v. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate

v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

suffer, endure

v. undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"

stand

v. be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"

suffer, meet

v. undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"

tolerate

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

relinquish, forgo, foreswear, dispense with, waive

v. do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"

forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego

v. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish

v. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

abdicate, renounce

v. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

repudiate

v. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"

shun, eschew

v. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

refrain, forbear

v. resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate

v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

adjourn, recess, break up

v. close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"

hold on, stop

v. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

suspend, set aside

v. make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"

freeze, suspend

v. stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"

worsen, decline

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline

v. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

delete, cancel

v. remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"

protest, resist, dissent

v. express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"

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act

v. be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure

consume, ingest, take in, take, have

v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

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