restrain

-1 v. அடக்கிவை, கீழ்ப்படுத்து, கட்டுப்படுத்திவை, கட்டுப்பாட்டின் கீழ்க் கொணர், தடுத்துநிறுத்து, எல்லைக்குட்படுத்து, செயல்தடைசெய், வலிந்து அடக்கு, சிறைப்படுத்து,

Synonyms

check repress hinder limit confine restrict withhold curb coerce prohibit narrow circumscribe reduce

Antonyms

promote advance urge incite aid liberate indulge loose vent amplify enlarge expand extend

Re*strain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Restraining.] Etym: [OE. restreinen, F. restreindre, fr. L. restringere, restrictum; pref. re- re- + stringere to draw, bind, or press together. See Strain, v. t., and cf. Restrict.] 1. To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb. Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose! Shak. 2. To draw back toghtly, as a rein. [Obs.] Shak. 3. To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge. Though they two were committed, at least restrained of their liberty. Clarendon. 4. To limit; to confine; to restrict. Trench. Not only a metaphysical or natural, but a moral, universality also is to be restrained by a part of the predicate. I. Watts. 5. To withhold; to forbear. Thou restrained prayer before God. Job. xv. 4. Syn. -- To check; hinder; stop; withhold; repress; curb; suppress; coerce; restrict; limit; confine.

restrain - Similar Words

restraint re-strain restrainer restrained strain retain unrestraint restoration restringe restained