The term 'refrains' can be defined as the repetition of a phrase or line in a poem or song. The crossword solutions for this term are 'DESISTS' (7 letters), 'doesnot' (7 letters), 'falas' (5 letters), 'doesnt' (6 letters), and 'forbears' (8 letters). DESISTS means to stop doing something, doesn't mean does not, falas is an archaic word meaning to cease, doesn't is a contraction of does not, and forbears means to refrain from doing something. All of these words relate to refraining from doing something, either by stopping, ceasing, or not doing it.