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Definition of Restrain
1. Verb. Keep under control; keep in check. "Keep your cool"
Specialized synonyms: Hold, Confine, Bottle Up, Inhibit, Suppress, Check, Contain, Control, Curb, Hold, Hold In, Moderate
Generic synonyms: Bottle Up, Inhibit, Suppress
Derivative terms: Restrainer, Restraint
2. Verb. Place limits on (extent or access). "Limit the time you can spend with your friends"
Specialized synonyms: Reduce, Tighten, Tie, Gate, Draw A Line, Draw The Line, Mark Off, Mark Out, Harness, Rein, Rule, Baffle, Regulate, Cramp, Halter, Hamper, Strangle, Constrain, Stiffen, Tighten, Tighten Up, Clamp Down, Crack Down, Inhibit, Constrain, Cumber, Encumber
Generic synonyms: Check, Contain, Control, Curb, Hold, Hold In, Moderate
Derivative terms: Bound, Bound, Limit, Limitation, Limitation, Limitation, Limitation, Limiter, Restrainer, Restriction, Restriction, Restrictive, Trammel
3. Verb. To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement. "They want to restrain the prisoners "; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
Generic synonyms: Disable, Disenable, Incapacitate
Specialized synonyms: Bind, Tie Down, Tie Up, Truss, Fetter, Shackle, Enchain, Pinion, Shackle, Impound, Pound, Pound, Pound Up, Fold, Pen Up, Ground
Derivative terms: Hold, Hold, Restrainer, Restraint
4. Verb. Hold back.
Generic synonyms: Bound, Confine, Limit, Restrict, Throttle, Trammel
Specialized synonyms: Bridle, Curb, Clog
Derivative terms: Restrainer
5. Verb. To compel or deter by or as if by threats. "Sam cannot restrain Sue "
Entails: Warn
Specialized synonyms: Dash, Daunt, Frighten Away, Frighten Off, Pall, Scare, Scare Away, Scare Off
Generic synonyms: Discourage
Derivative terms: Intimidation, Intimidation, Restrainer
Definition of Restrain
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Restrain
1. Verb. (transitive) To control or keep in check. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To deprive of liberty. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To restrict or limit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Restrain
1. to hold back from action [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Restrain
1. 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. 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. "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) Synonym: To check, hinder, stop, withhold, repress, curb, suppress, coerce, restrict, limit, confine. Origin: OE. Restreinen, F. Restreindre, fr. L. Restringere, restrictum; pref. Re- re- + stringere to draw, bind, or press together. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Restrain
Literary usage of Restrain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"In a suit by shippers to restrain a carrier from charging more than specified
rates fixed by a state commission, an answer alleging that the rates so fixed ..."
2. A Treatise on Injunctions and Other Extraordinary Remedies: Covering Habeas by Thomas Carl Spelling (1901)
"To restrain Collection of Taxes. 991. Alleging Irreparable Injury. ... In Suit
to restrain Enforcement of 995. Defective Pleading not aided by Judgment. ..."
3. The Code of Procedure of the State of New York: As Amended to 1871, with by New York (State), William Wait (1871)
"Also, to restrain the publication of proceedings in another action, ... Also, to
restrain the divulgence of a secret in regard to an invention, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"INJUNCTION to restrain waste not granted without positive evidence of title (a).
... WHISHAW for the Plaintiff moved for an injunction to restrain the ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"A PPEAL from a decree of the Circuit Court Д. of the United States for the Northern
District of Illinois, dismissing a bill to restrain an infringement of ..."
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