Definition of restrain

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Restrain (v. t.) To withhold; to forbear.

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Immodest :: Immodest (a.) Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc..
Cramp :: Cramp (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
Free-living :: Free-living (n.) Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites.
Liberate :: Liberate (a.) To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate gases..
Cohibition :: Cohibition (n.) Hindrance; restraint.
Abandonedly :: Abandonedly (adv.) Unrestrainedly.
Restrict :: Restrict (v. t.) To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet..
Mobocrat :: Mobocrat (n.) One who favors a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.
Curbless :: Curbless (a.) Having no curb or restraint.
Dam :: Dam (v. t.) To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo..
Rebuke :: Rebuke (v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish..
Ease :: Ease (n.) To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery..
Continent :: Continent (a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste..
Riotous :: Riotous (a.) Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious..
Bridle :: Bridle (v. t.) To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse..
Confine :: Confine (n.) Apartment; place of restraint; prison.
Lawless :: Lawless (a.) Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior..
Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To withhold; to forbear.
Fast :: Fast (v.) Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver..
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