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Restrained
verb
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Word Frequency:
3.8
Definitions
1.
verb
To control or keep in check.
2.
verb
To deprive of liberty.
3.
verb
To restrict or limit.
"He was restrained by the straight jacket."
4.
adjective
Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.
"He greeted her for the first time in three years with a restrained embrace."
Synonyms
check
limit
restrain
withstrain
confine
detain
bated
curbed
close
subdued
guarded
contained
Rhymes With
constrained
strained
ascertained
unrestrained
ordained
explained
obtained
drained
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