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Definition of "refrainment" [re•frain•ment]

  • The act of refraining. (noun)

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Use "refrainment" in a sentence
  • "The story in it is played out by due degrees, and there may be just as much deliberation, refrainment, suspension, as in a story told scenically upon the stage."
  • "-- Perhaps even that would not have intrigued her essentially barbaric interest as much as it did had it not been for his amazing attitude of, well, let's say, "refrainment.""