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

Rebuke :: Rebuke (v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish..

Overstrain :: Overstrain (v. t.) To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves.

Abandon :: Abandon (n.) A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.

Free :: Free (superl.) Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.

Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an amercement..

Stress :: Stress (n.) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained..

Siling :: Siling () a. & n. from Sile to strain.

Strait :: Straint (n.) Overexertion; excessive tension; strain.

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

Vein :: Vein (n.) Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein..

Stent :: Stent (v. t.) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint..

Wantonly :: Wantonly (adv.) In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.

Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument..

Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.

Sash :: Sash (n.) In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also called gate..

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

Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain..

Bond :: Bond (n.) The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint..

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