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Unconstraint :: Unconstraint (n.) Freedom from constraint; ease.

Stopcock :: Stopcock (n.) A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc..

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

Strain :: Strain (a.) To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle..

Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship..

Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams..

Belt :: Belt (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

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

Moderator :: Moderator (n.) One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies..

Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations..

Obedient :: Obedient (a.) Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command..

Half-strained :: Half-strained (a.) Half-bred; imperfect.

Audacity :: Audacity (n.) Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints.

Cramp :: Cramp (v. t.) To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.

Continency :: Continency (n.) The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence..

Collar :: Collar (n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars..

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

Unbend :: Unbend (v. t.) A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care..

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit..

Unreserved :: Unreserved (a.) Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained.

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