To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
Infinitiverefrain
Past simplerefrained
Past participlerefrained
-ing formrefraining
Full conjugation of the English verb to refrain (past simple refrained,
past participle refrained):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
refrain
you
refrain
he/she/it
refrains
we
refrain
you
refrain
they
refrain
Present continuous
I
am refraining
you
are refraining
he/she/it
is refraining
we
are refraining
you
are refraining
they
are refraining
Present perfect
I
have refrained
you
have refrained
he/she/it
has refrained
we
have refrained
you
have refrained
they
have refrained
Present perfect continuous
I
have been refraining
you
have been refraining
he/she/it
has been refraining
we
have been refraining
you
have been refraining
they
have been refraining
Past simple
I
refrained
you
refrained
he/she/it
refrained
we
refrained
you
refrained
they
refrained
Past continuous
I
was refraining
you
were refraining
he/she/it
was refraining
we
were refraining
you
were refraining
they
were refraining
Past perfect
I
had refrained
you
had refrained
he/she/it
had refrained
we
had refrained
you
had refrained
they
had refrained
Past perfect continuous
I
had been refraining
you
had been refraining
he/she/it
had been refraining
we
had been refraining
you
had been refraining
they
had been refraining
Future simple
I
will refrain
you
will refrain
he/she/it
will refrain
we
will refrain
you
will refrain
they
will refrain
Future continuous
I
will be refraining
you
will be refraining
he/she/it
will be refraining
we
will be refraining
you
will be refraining
they
will be refraining
Future perfect
I
will have refrained
you
will have refrained
he/she/it
will have refrained
we
will have refrained
you
will have refrained
they
will have refrained
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been refraining
you
will have been refraining
he/she/it
will have been refraining
we
will have been refraining
you
will have been refraining
they
will have been refraining
Conditional
Present
I
would refrain
you
would refrain
he/she/it
would refrain
we
would refrain
you
would refrain
they
would refrain
Present continuous
I
would be refraining
you
would be refraining
he/she/it
would be refraining
we
would be refraining
you
would be refraining
they
would be refraining
Perfect
I
would have refrained
you
would have refrained
he/she/it
would have refrained
we
would have refrained
you
would have refrained
they
would have refrained
Perfect continuous
I
would have been refraining
you
would have been refraining
he/she/it
would have been refraining
we
would have been refraining
you
would have been refraining
they
would have been refraining
Subjunctive
Present
that I
refrain
that you
refrain
that he/she/it
refrain
that we
refrain
that you
refrain
that they
refrain
Past
if I
refrained
if you
refrained
if he/she/it
refrained
if we
refrained
if you
refrained
if they
refrained
Imperative
Affirmative
you
refrain
we
let's refrain
Negative
you
don't refrain
we
let's not refrain
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to refrain
Perfect infinitive
to have refrained
Present participle / gerund
refraining
Past participle
refrained
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