† constrainauncen.
Obsolete.
Constraint.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun]
needeOE
distressc1384
force1387
stressc1390
artingc1400
coactionc1400
constrainauncec1400
compulsion1462
enforcement1477
coercion1495
forcement1524
enforcing1531
strain1532
constraint1533
coercement1592
constrainment1593
duress1596
compulse1616
obligement1641
cogency1702
coercive control1827
steamrolling1879
compression1880
c1400 Rom. Rose 7438 For well he knew dame Abstinaunce, But he ne knew not Constrainaunce. He knew nat that she was constreyned.
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