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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Unfetter :: Unfetter (v. t.) To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind..
Freely :: Freely (adv.) In a free manner; without restraint or compulsion; abundantly; gratuitously.
Detention :: Detention (n.) Confinement; restraint; custody.
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation..
Circumscription :: Circumscription (n.) The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit..
Rein :: Rein (n.) Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint..
Controlment :: Controlment (n.) The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence.
Brook :: Brook (v. t.) To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint..
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..
Unrein :: Unrein (v. t.) To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from.
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..
Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
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..
Slipstring :: Slipstring (n.) One who has shaken off restraint; a prodigal.
Revel :: Revel (v. i.) To move playfully; to indulge without restraint.
Range :: Range (v. i.) To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.
Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon..
Wanton :: Wanton (n.) One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.
Deliver :: Deliver (v. t.) To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death..
Restraint :: Restraint (n.) The state of being restrained.
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