| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I refrain |
| you refrain |
| he/she/it refrains |
| we refrain |
| you all refrain |
| they refrain |
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| I am refraining |
| you are refraining |
| he/she/it is refraining |
| we are refraining |
| you all are refraining |
| they are refraining |
|
| I have refrained |
| you have refrained |
| he/she/it has refrained |
| we have refrained |
| you all have refrained |
| they have refrained |
|
| I have been refraining |
| you have been refraining |
| he/she/it has been refraining |
| we have been refraining |
| you all have been refraining |
| they have been refraining |
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| Past |
| I refrained |
| you refrained |
| he/she/it refrained |
| we refrained |
| you all refrained |
| they refrained |
|
| I was refraining |
| you were refraining |
| he/she/it was refraining |
| we were refraining |
| you all were refraining |
| they were refraining |
|
| I had refrained |
| you had refrained |
| he/she/it had refrained |
| we had refrained |
| you all had refrained |
| they had refrained |
|
| I had been refraining |
| you had been refraining |
| he/she/it had been refraining |
| we had been refraining |
| you all had been refraining |
| they had been refraining |
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| Future |
| I will refrain |
| you will refrain |
| he/she/it will refrain |
| we will refrain |
| you all will refrain |
| they will refrain |
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| I will be refraining |
| you will be refraining |
| he/she/it will be refraining |
| we are refraining |
| you all will be refraining |
| they will be refraining |
|
| I will have refrained |
| you will have refrained |
| he/she/it will have refrained |
| we will have refrained |
| you all will have refrained |
| they will have refrained |
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| I will have been refraining |
| you will have been refraining |
| he/she/it will have been refraining |
| we will have been refraining |
| you all will have been refraining |
| they will have been refraining |
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