All 4 Uses of
refrain
in
Pride and Prejudice
- "As I did the other day," said Elizabeth with a conscious smile: "very true, it will be wise in me to refrain from that.†
Chpt 26
- Had Miss Bingley known what pain she was then giving her beloved friend, she undoubtedly would have refrained from the hint; but she had merely intended to discompose Elizabeth by bringing forward the idea of a man to whom she believed her partial, to make her betray a sensibility which might injure her in Darcy's opinion, and, perhaps, to remind the latter of all the follies and absurdities by which some part of her family were connected with that corps.†
Chpt 45
- On his quitting the room she sat down, unable to support herself, and looking so miserably ill, that it was impossible for Darcy to leave her, or to refrain from saying, in a tone of gentleness and commiseration, "Let me call your maid.†
Chpt 46
- I must not, however, neglect the duties of my station, or refrain from declaring my amazement at hearing that you received the young couple into your house as soon as they were married.
Chpt 57 *refrain = resist
Definition:
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(refrain as in: refrain from laughing) avoid or resist doing something