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Indulgent :: Indulgent (a.) Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent..

Easiness :: Easiness (n.) Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining..

Restrainment :: Restrainment (n.) The act of restraining.

Tension :: Tension (a.) The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx..

Constraining :: Constraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Constrai.

Colation :: Colation (n.) The act or process of straining or filtering.

Reprehend :: Reprehend (v. t.) To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure..

Overstraining :: Overstraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstrai.

Percolation :: Percolation (n.) The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it..

Distrainor :: Distrainor (n.) One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.

Control :: Control (n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control..

Strainer :: Strained (a.) Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained..

Obligate :: Obligate (v. t.) To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive..

Strait-laced :: Strait-jacket (n.) A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back..

Labor :: Labor (n.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.

Uneasy :: Uneasy (a.) Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.

Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..

Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..

Abstentious :: Abstentious (a.) Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining.

Ranch :: Ranch (v. t.) To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.

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