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refrainings

refrainings is the plural of refraining.

Meaning of refraining

Noun

refraining (plural refrainings)

  1. The act of one who refrains from doing something.
    • Their refrainings from evil are members of at least one active causal chain[…]2005, Daniel J. Hill, Divinity and Maximal Greatness, page 220

Questions about refrainings

What is refrainings the plural of?
Refrainings is the plural of refraining.

Words near refrainings in the dictionary

  1. refrainer
  2. refrainers
  3. refrainest
  4. refraineth
  5. refraining
  6. refrainings
  7. refrainment
  8. refrainments
  9. refrains
  10. reframe
  11. reframed

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