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refrain, chorus

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

refrain, forebear, forbear

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

refrain, abstain, desist, abstain from, desist from

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

chant

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

lament, dirge, coronach, 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

carry, conduct, bear, behave, acquit, deport, comport

v. behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

refrain, abstain, desist, abstain from, desist from, refrain from

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

shun, eschew

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

predate, antedate, precede, forego, antecede

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

suffer, endure, be subjected to

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

stand, be in some specified condition, be in some specified state

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

meet, suffer

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

stand, bear, stomach, brook, suffer, endure, tolerate, abide, put up with

v. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

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, render, give up, forgo, throw overboard, waive

v. lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime

renounce, turn away from, quit, relinquish, foreswear

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

renounce, abdicate

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

renounce, repudiate

v. cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

shun, eschew

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

refrain, forebear, forbear

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

predate, antedate, precede, forego, antecede

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

recess, break up, adjourn

v. "The court adjourned"

break, stop, break off, discontinue

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

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"

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse

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

reject, decline, refuse, turn down, pass up

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

cancel, delete

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

protest, dissent, resist

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

act, move, take a step, take action, take steps, take measures, perform an action, do something

v. perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

take, have, consume, ingest

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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