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Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) To restrain; to confine.

Brook :: Brook (v. t.) To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint..

Bated :: Bated (a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath..

Retentive :: Retentive (n.) That which retains or confines; a restraint.

Tension :: Tension (a.) Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.

Constrainedly :: Constrainedly (adv.) By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner.

Cullender :: Cullender (n.) A strainer. See Colander.

Release :: Release (n.) The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage..

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

Unbay :: Unbay (v. t.) To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to open.

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..

Start :: Start (v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure..

Stint :: Stint (v. t.) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.

Cage :: Cage (n.) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes..

Free Will :: Free will () The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity.

Licentious :: Licentious (a.) Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life..

Simper :: Simper (n.) A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk..

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..

Easy :: Easy (v. t.) At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint.

Colature :: Colature (n.) The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.

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