restrain

restrain
re·strain /ri-'strān/ vt
1 a: to prevent from doing something see also restraining order at order 3b
b: to limit, restrict, or keep under control
2: to moderate or limit the force, effect, development, or full exercise of
3: to deprive of liberty and esp. of physical movement

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

restrain
I verb arrest, bar, bind, blockade, bridle, call a halt, check, confine, constrain, contain, control, cramp, curb, curtail, debar, delimit, deprive of liberty, detain, deter, disallow, discountenance, enchain, enclose, enjoin, fasten, fetter, forbid, govern, hamper, handcuff, handicap, harness, hinder, hold, hold back, hold in check, hold in custody, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, interdict, jail, keep, keep under control, keep within bounds, limit, lock up, manacle, moderate, obstruct, oppose, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, quell, repress, reprimere, restrict, retinere, shackle, stifle, stop, subdue, subjugate, suppress, take into custody, take prisoner, tenere, tie, trammel, vanquish, wall in, withhold associated concepts: restraining order, restraining statute foreign phrases:
- Exempla illustrant non restrigunt legem. — Examples illustrate, but do not restrain, the law.
II index allay, apprehend (arrest), arrest (apprehend), arrest (stop), balk, ban, bar (hinder), block, border (bound), cancel, capture, censor, check (restrain), clog, commit (institutionaiize), condemn (ban), confine, constrain (imprison), constrain (restrain), constrict (inhibit), continue (adjourn), curb, debar, deter, diminish, discipline (control), discourage, disqualify, enclose, enjoin, estop, fetter, foil, forbear, forbid, govern, halt, hamper, hinder, hold up (delay), immure, impede, imprison, inhibit, interdict, jail, limit, lock, mitigate, moderate (temper), mollify, obstruct, occlude, police, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe (prohibit), repress, restrict, rule (govern), stay (halt), stem (check), stifle, stop, strangle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, thwart, toll (stop), trammel, withhold

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


restrain
v.
To hold back; to confine or limit; to prevent some action or restrict freedom.
n.
restraint

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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