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Cadence :: Cadence (n.) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord..

Inhibit :: Inhibit (v. t.) To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

Strain :: Strain (a.) To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it..

Song :: Song (n.) More generally, any poetical strain; a poem..

Liberal :: Liberal (a.) Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious.

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

Dispunishable :: Dispunishable (a.) Without penal restraint; not punishable.

Distrainer :: Distrainer (n.) Same as Distrainor.

Strained :: Strain (n.) Rank; a sort.

Distress :: Distress (n.) To seize for debt; to distrain.

Confiner :: Confiner (n.) One who, or that which, limits or restrains..

Stress :: Stress (n.) Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance..

Heft :: Heft (n.) The act or effort of heaving/ violent strain or exertion.

Fit :: Fit (n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus..

Strained :: Strained (a.) Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends..

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..

Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon..

Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves..

Sile :: Sile (v. t.) To strain, as fresh milk..

Discretionary :: Discretionary () Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers..

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