restrain.
To control or keep in check.
Meaning & usage
To control or keep in check.
To deprive of liberty.
To restrict or limit.
He was restrained by the straitjacket.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English restreinen, from Old French restreindre, from Latin rēstringere (“fasten, tighten”).
To strain again.
Where this word comes from
From re- + strain.
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