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Self-restraint :: Self-restraint (n.) Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.

Fugitive :: Fugitive (a.) Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor..

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To squeeze; to press closely.

Free :: Free (superl.) Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.

Impotent :: Impotent (a.) Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent.

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

Streit :: Strein (v. t.) To strain.

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.

Superstrata :: Superstrain (v. t.) To overstrain.

Riot :: Riot (n.) Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.

Let :: Let (v. t.) To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent..

Incontinency :: Incontinency (n.) Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness..

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

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..

Escape :: Escape (n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression..

Trash :: Trash (v. t.) To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously..

Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

Filter :: Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..

Expatiate :: Expatiate (v. i.) To range at large, or without restraint..

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