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Irrepressible :: Irrepressible (a.) Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict..

Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb..

Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations..

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

Coercive :: Coercive (a.) Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.

Retch :: Retch (v. i.) To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting..

Hold :: Hold (n. i.) To restrain one's self; to refrain.

Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To free from restraint; to set at liberty..

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity..

Rein :: Rein (v. t.) To restrain; to control; to check.

Tone :: Tone (n.) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone..

Incorrection :: Incorrection (n.) Want of correction, restraint, or discipline..

Unbend :: Unbend (v. t.) A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care..

Sprain :: Sprain (v. t.) To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle..

Audacity :: Audacity (n.) Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints.

Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.

Damp :: Damp (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage..

Fugitive :: Fugitive (n.) One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice..

Overstrain :: Overstrain (v. i.) To strain one's self to excess.

Stintedness :: Stintance (n.) Restraint; stoppage.

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