REFRAINED Synonyms

• under restraint

• cool and formal in manner

• marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

• not showy or obtrusive

• prudent

• refrain from voting

• choose not to consume

• (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

• put an end to a state or an activity

• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

• choose not to consume

• a person from whom you are descended

• refrain from doing

• resist doing something

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• the event of something ending

• an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement

• disabled in the feet or legs

• cause to come to an abrupt stop

• come to a halt, stop moving

• stop from happening or developing

• stop the flow of a liquid

• hold back; refuse to hand over or share

• retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments

• refrain from voting

• choose not to consume

• any utterance produced simultaneously by a group

• a group of people assembled to sing together

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

• a body of dancers or singers who perform together

• a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play

• utter in unison

• sing in a choir

• choose not to consume

• a person from whom you are descended

• refrain from doing

• resist doing something