Definition of restraint

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Restraint (n.) The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental..

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Obedient :: Obedient (a.) Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command..
Stay :: Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
Titter :: Titter (v. t.) To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle..
Stipe :: Stintless (a.) Without stint or restraint.
Constrainable :: Constrainable (a.) Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint..
Measure :: Measure (n.) Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure..
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..
Duress :: Duress (n.) Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
Reserve :: Reserve (n.) Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
Unbay :: Unbay (v. t.) To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to open.
Continent :: Continent (a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste..
Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..
Intemperately :: Intemperately (adv.) In an intemperate manner; immoderately; excessively; without restraint.
Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations..
Unshackle :: Unshackle (v. t.) To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.
Self-indulgence :: Self-indulgence (n.) Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial..
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation..
Wanton :: Wanton (n.) One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.
Escape :: Escape (n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression..
Restraint :: Restraint (n.) The state of being restrained.
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