Restrain synonyms and antonyms
rĭ-strān'
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To adjust to a requirement; regulate:
To provide with a curb
To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
A check is the bill a person receives at a restaurant, or a paper order directing your bank to pay money to a third party from your bank account.
To control or restrain:
To keep within certain limits; confine or limit:
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To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.
To hold oneself back; voluntarily do without; refrain (from)
Book of Common Prayer
Withhold is defined as to hold back or refuse.
To decrease, limit, or block the action or function of something in the body, as an enzyme or organ.
To bind with fetters; shackle; chain
To keep within bounds; restrict:
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keep-in
To stay blazing (of a fire)
Handle is defined as to hold or deal with something.
keep in line
To hold in check
To give guidance and instruction to (actors or musicians, for example) in the rehearsal and performance of a work.
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(Psychology) To exclude (painful or disturbing memories, for example) automatically or unconsciously from the conscious mind.
To prevent from talking or expressing an opinion; gag
To fasten or confine with a tether
keep a rein on
To hold in check
hold in leash
To hold in check
To control the speed or magnitude of; regulate:
To have and keep possession of something.
To unite or hold, as by a feeling of loyalty or love
To deter is defined as to keep someone from completing an action by giving them fear or doubt.
To hold in check
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(Law, banking) To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest.
Put into bottles
(Idiomatic) To identify something (e.g. a decision or plan) clearly or specifically.
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crack-down
To hold in check
choke back
To hold in check
sit on
(Idiomatic, informal) To restrain (a person).
put a lid on
To hold in check
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The definition of circumscribe means to draw a circle around something, or to close off or restrict.
To stop; check:
To fasten with or as with a bar
To bate is defined as to lower, hold back or restrain.
To hamper the function or activity of; impede:
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coarct
To coarctate.
To have ready for use
To make less ardent, intense, or zealous:
To cut short; reduce; abridge
To hold back or confine by means of a dam.
To keep (a person) from some right or privilege; exclude; bar
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To detain is defined as to keep someone somewhere or cause someone to be unable to proceed.
Forbear is defined as to stop yourself from doing something.
To hang (a person)
To make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle.
To put or keep in prison; jail
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To prohibit (an action or thing) or forbid (someone) to do something, especially by legal or ecclesiastical order.
To detain in a jail.
To decrease or limit the scope, extent, or number of
To bind (a person's arms).
To prohibit is to forbid someone from doing something or to prevent something from being done.
To check or hold back by the use of reins. Often used with in or up :
Rule is defined as to have influence or authority over others.
To put shackles on (someone); confine with shackles.
Stem is defined as to originate from.
To stop is defined as to block, close, defeat, prevent from moving or bring to an end.
To hinder the activity or free movement of.
encourage (antonym)
To give support to; be favorable to; foster; help
free (antonym)
Free means to release or let go.
liberate (antonym)
(Chem.) To free from combination in a compound
release (antonym)
To set free from confinement or bondage:
To put a bit into the mouth of (a horse)
To operate or apply a brake.
To remain in a state or condition; stay:
rein (back
To control, restrict, or arrest
In a particular relationship:
or up)
To control, restrict, or arrest
restraint (related)
To control, restrict, or arrest
To set a limit to; confine:
Throttle is defined as to control the speed of an engine or the flow of fuel in an engine, or to hold down or choke.
To fill in such a way as to obstruct; block up; obstruct
To burden in a troublesome way
To impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself.
dissuade (related)
punish (related)
resist (related)
appease (related)
discourage (related)
thwart (related)
pacify (related)
To direct (the policies, actions, etc.) of; manage; regulate
To gag is defined as to choke or wretch, or to prevent someone from speaking.
Synonym Study
- Inhibit implies a suppressing or repressing of some action, impulse, thought, or emotion to inhibit free discussion, often also by the operation of psychological constraints
- Curb , check , and bridle derive their current implications from the various uses of a horse's harness, curb implying a sudden, sharp action to bring something under control to curb one's tongue, check implying a slowing up of action or progress to check inflationary trends, and bridle suggesting a holding in of emotion, feelings, etc. to bridle one's envy
- Restrain , the term of broadest application in this list, suggests the use of strong force or authority either in preventing, or in suppressing and controlling, some action try to restrain your zeal
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