to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.

Is refrain from correct?

to refrain from sth | to refrain from doing sth If you refrain from doing something, you deliberately do not do it. She refrained from making any comment. A refrain is a short, simple part of a song, which is repeated many times.

How do you use the word refrain?

Use the verb refrain if you have a sudden impulse to do something and you have stopped yourself from doing it. It's usually hard to refrain from doing something: you might it difficult to refrain from eating dessert after dinner, for example — especially when your aunt makes her double chocolate chunk brownies.