restrain /ri-strānˈ/

1. To hold back
2. To control
3. To subject to forcible repression
4. To tighten (Shakespeare)
5. To forbid (Milton)

To refrain

restrainˈable adjective

restrainedˈ adjective

1. Controlled
2. Self-controlled
3. Displaying restraint
4. Forbidden (Shakespeare)

restrainˈedly adverb

restrainˈedness noun

restrainˈer noun

1. A person or thing that restrains
2. An ingredient of a photographic developer which checks the development and reduces the tendency to fog

restrainˈing noun and adjective

restraintˈ noun

1. The act of restraining
2. State of being restrained
3. A restraining influence
4. Restriction
5. Forcible control
6. Artistic control or reticence
7. Lack of liberty
8. Reserve

restraint of princes

Embargo

restraint of trade

Interference with free play of economic forces, eg by monopolies

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