Definition of restrain

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

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Dam :: Dam (v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up..
Free-living :: Free-living (n.) Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites.
Contain :: Contain (v. t.) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
Bound :: Bound (v. t.) To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine..
Luxuriate :: Luxuriate (v. i.) To indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; as, to luxuriate in description..
Suppressible :: Suppress (v. t.) To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage..
Revoke :: Revoke (v. t.) To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
Continent :: Continent (a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste..
Stint :: Stint (v. t.) Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
Ahead :: Ahead (adv.) Headlong; without restraint.
Confine :: Confine (v. t.) To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
Deliverance :: Deliverance (n.) The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint..
Bound :: Bound (n.) The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary..
Restraint :: Restraint (n.) That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction..
Stay :: Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
Incontinently :: Incontinently (adv.) In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint; -- used esp. of the passions or appetites..
Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To draw back toghtly, as a rein..
Belt :: Belt (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
Release :: Release (n.) The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage..
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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