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List of meaning for restrain

to control or restrict

restrain, keep, keep back, hold back(verb)

keep under control; keep in check

"suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"

restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle(verb)

place limits on (extent or access)

"restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

restrain, confine, hold(verb)

to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement

"This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain(verb)

hold back

intimidate, restrain(verb)

to compel or deter by or as if by threats

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)

the victim's family members were unable to restrain their emotions upon hearing the verdict

to take or keep under one's control by authority of law

the suspect was restrained and taken to an undisclosed location

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