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Give up the burden (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

refrain

This clue is a double definition.

'give up' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'the burden' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)

(Other definitions for refrain that I've seen before include "burden" , "tune" , "Forbear from chorus?" , "Do without" , "Repeating line in a song, poem" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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