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Loose :: Loose (superl.) Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of..

Uneasy :: Uneasy (a.) Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment..

Force :: Force (n.) To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor..

Contain :: Contain (v. t.) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style..

Obstringe :: Obstringe (v. t.) To constrain; to put under obligation.

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..

Oblige :: Oblige (v. t.) To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something..

Obligate :: Obligate (v. t.) To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.

Familiarity :: Familiarity (n.) Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties..

Familiar :: Familiar (a.) Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible..

Obligate :: Obligate (v. t.) To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive..

Link :: Link (n.) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained..

Franchise :: Franchise (a.) Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

Strain :: Strain (a.) To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.

Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate..

Make :: Make (v. t.) To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.

Compulsory :: Compulsory (a.) Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

Constraining :: Constraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Constrai.

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