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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..

Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.

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

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

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state..

Strain :: Strain (n.) The act of straining, or the state of being strained..

Collar :: Collar (n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars..

Rein :: Rein (n.) Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint..

Compulsory :: Compulsory (a.) Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

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

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought..

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

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development..

Unstrained :: Unstrained (a.) Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as, unstrained oil or milk..

Compulsatory :: Compulsatory (a.) Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion..

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

Coaction :: Coaction (n.) Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling..

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..

Filtrate :: Filtrate (v. t.) To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation..

Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To exert a binding or restraining influence.

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