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Synonyms for restrain
rɪˈstreɪn
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Princeton's WordNet
restrain, keep, keep back, hold back(verb)
keep under control; keep in check
"suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
Synonyms:
intimidate, retain, hold off, throttle, hold back, restrict, hold on, continue, withhold, save, stay fresh, trammel, go along, wait, hold in, stop, encumber, turn back, celebrate, hold open, keep, proceed, cumber, observe, forbear, go on, constrain, hold, conceal, confine, preserve, prevent, arrest, bound, keep open, keep on, maintain, limit, contain, keep back, sustain, checkrestrict, 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"
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spring, strangle, snare, intimidate, rebound, qualify, ricochet, choke, throttle, circumscribe, hold back, fix, trammel, entrap, take a hop, hold in, determine, encumber, define, specify, border, strangulate, keep, reverberate, recoil, cumber, curb, constrain, hold, ensnare, confine, bounce, leap, restrict, jump, bound, curtail, detain, trap, resile, limit, keep back, cut back, set, encloserestrain, 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"
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accommodate, book, support, intimidate, retain, hold in, throttle, circumscribe, apply, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, restrict, deem, hold up, arrest, guard, take, have, concord, trammel, check, make, take for, go for, encumber, throw, defy, control, harbor, halt, keep, obligate, cumber, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, constrain, curb, hold, moderate, bind, confine, have got, declare, withstand, view as, bound, detain, contain, concur, maintain, limit, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, obtain, enclose, agree, bearrestrain, encumber, cumber, constrain(verb)
hold back
Synonyms:
stiffen, restrict, trammel, constrain, keep, hold back, confine, bound, cumber, hold, tighten, encumber, tighten up, keep back, intimidate, limit, throttleintimidate, restrain(verb)
to compel or deter by or as if by threats
Synonyms:
restrict, bound, throttle, keep back, limit, constrain, trammel, hold back, confine, keep, encumber, hold, intimidate, cumber
English Synonyms and Antonyms
restrain
To restrain is to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force. Constrain is positive; restrain is negative; one is constrained to an action; he is restrained from an action. Constrain refers almost exclusively to moral force, restrain frequently to physical force, as when we speak of putting one under restraint. To restrain an action is to hold it partially or wholly in check, so that it is under pressure even while it acts; to restrict an action is to fix a limit or boundary which it may not pass, but within which it is free. To repress, literally to press back, is to hold in check, and perhaps only temporarily, that which is still very active; it is a feebler word than restrain; to suppress is finally and effectually to put down; suppress is a much stronger word than restrain; as, to suppress a rebellion. Compare ARREST; BIND; KEEP.
Synonyms:
abridge, bridle, check, circumscribe, confine, constrain, curb, hinder, hold, hold back, hold in, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep under, repress, restrict, suppress, withholdAntonyms:
aid, animate, arouse, emancipate, encourage, excite, free, impel, incite, let loose, release, set free
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Editors Contribution
choke back (verb)
fail to control one’s emotions
they choked back tears (feelings; anger; disappointment, etc.)
Submitted by erhnice on July 28, 2019
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How to use restrain in a sentence?
But to restrain him in our authorization of him taking military action I think, frankly, is unconstitutional and eventually leads to 535 commanders-in-chief.
You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love.
Kim believes he doesn't need to compromise to get what he wants, doesn't need to conduct serious negotiations at the working level because he has recourse to Trump, and doesn't need to restrain any of his missile testing or actions abroad as long as he doesn't test an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.
If we want to protect the world from further degradation though not much scope left, then perhaps the only hope is to restrain two types of persons, one who is a wicked man and other who is a woman.
Translations for restrain
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- zbavit svobody, provést restrikci, mít pod kontrolou, omezit, oklešťovat, restringovatCzech
- eingrenzen, behindern, einschränken, abgrenzen, zügeln, begrenzenGerman
- reprimir, restringir, retenerSpanish
- hillitä, kukistaa, hallita, rajoittaa, pidättääFinnish
- retenir, restreindre, réprimerFrench
- srianScottish Gaelic
- ridurre, restringere, trattenere, contenere, trattenersi, delimitare, limitare, sorvegliareItalian
- teneoLatin
- whakatina, whakaita, of own feelingsMāori
- beteugelenDutch
- deter, encarcerar, conter, reprimir, coibir, restringirPortuguese
- a deține, îngrădi, a ține închis,, împiedica, reține, opri, restrângeRomanian
- ограничить, задерживать, [[лишать]] [[свобода, ограничивать, сдержать, обуздать, задержать, обуздывать, сдерживать, заключить, [[лишить]] [[свобода, заключатьRussian
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