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Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.

Limbus :: Limbus (n.) Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo..

Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel..

Ease :: Ease (n.) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address..

Large :: Large (superl.) Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language.

Continent :: Continent (a.) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

Enjoin :: Enjoin (v. t.) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

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..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.

Mobocrat :: Mobocrat (n.) One who favors a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.

Broad :: Broad (superl.) Free; unrestrained; unconfined.

Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo..

Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee..

Govern :: Govern (v. t.) To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse..

Trash :: Trash (n.) A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game..

Stint :: Stint (v. t.) Limit; bound; restraint; extent.

Undersong :: Undersong (n.) Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone.

Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.

Strait :: Straint (n.) Overexertion; excessive tension; strain.

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