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Obstringe :: Obstringe (v. t.) To constrain; to put under obligation.

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..

Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict..

Incontinent :: Incontinent (a.) Unable to restrain natural evacuations.

Bit :: Bit (v.) Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.

Tug :: Tug (v. i.) To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream..

Refrain :: Refrain (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

Pedigree :: Pedigree (n.) A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse..

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..

Frenum :: Frenum (n.) A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain any part; as, the fraenum of the tongue..

Bound :: Bound (v. t.) To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine..

General :: General (a.) Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression..

Thermotension :: Thermotension (n.) A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted..

Free :: Free (a.) To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of..

Straining :: Strained (imp. & p. p.) of Strai.

Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check..

Bound :: Bound (n.) The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary..

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

Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain.

Liberty :: Liberty (n.) The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.

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