refrain

Noun

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

Verb

• choose not to consume
  • I abstain from alcohol
    

• resist doing something
  • He refrained from hitting him back
    
  • she could not forbear weeping
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  chorus , abstain , desist , forbear
• Antonyms: 
  consume , ingest , take in , take , have , act , move