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Tirade :: Tirade (n.) A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language.

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

Obligation :: Obligation (n.) That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty..

Restrainedly :: Restrainedly (adv.) With restraint.

Strainer :: Strainer (n.) One who strains.

Checkless :: Checkless (a.) That can not be checked or restrained.

Distance :: Distance (n.) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.

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

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard..

Saturnalian :: Saturnalian (a.) Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute.

Hard :: Hard (adv.) With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard..

Unrestraint :: Unrestraint (n.) Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.

Disport :: Disport (v. i.) To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self.

Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.

Strict :: Strict (a.) Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature..

Ruly :: Ruly (a.) Orderly; easily restrained; -- opposed to unruly.

Constrained :: Constrained (a.) Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone..

Monotonist :: Monotonist (n.) One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced.

Yoke :: Yoke (v. t.) To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.

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

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