Definition of restraint

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Restraint (n.) The state of being restrained.

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Deliverance :: Deliverance (n.) The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint..
Mobocrat :: Mobocrat (n.) One who favors a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.
Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..
Chain :: Chain (n.) A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc..
Impotent :: Impotent (a.) Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent.
Rescue :: Rescue (v. t.) To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction..
Self-control :: Self-control (n.) Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.
Range :: Range (v. i.) To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.
Release :: Release (n.) To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go..
Confine :: Confine (n.) Apartment; place of restraint; prison.
Leave :: Leave (n.) Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.
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..
Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
Indulge :: Indulge (v. i.) To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to..
Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon..
Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
Continency :: Continency (n.) The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence..
Moderation :: Moderation (n.) The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint..
Unbay :: Unbay (v. t.) To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to open.
Back :: Back (adv.) In a state of restraint or hindrance.
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