chastenmentn.
rare.
Chastening; restraining from excess, etc.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun]
havingeOE
holdc1230
withholdingc1386
restrainingc1390
refraininga1398
repression?a1425
repressing1431
bridlingc1443
restraint1443
restrainc1449
repressurec1487
restingc1503
abstention1521
controlling1523
controlment1525
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staying1563
control1564
refrain1568
retention1578
check1579
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refranation1583
cohibition1586
withholdment1640
curbing1661
coercion1827
chastenment1882
detent1907
clamp-down1940
1882 H. D. Traill Sterne 29 The restraint of one instinct..implied the over-indulgence of another which stood in..as much need of chastenment.
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