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Free :: Free (superl.) Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy.

Ease :: Ease (n.) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address..

Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo..

Intemperately :: Intemperately (adv.) In an intemperate manner; immoderately; excessively; without restraint.

Abandoned :: Abandoned (a.) Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain..

Voluntary :: Voluntary (v. t.) Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free..

Confine :: Confine (v. t.) To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

Curb :: Curb (n.) That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse..

Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To draw back toghtly, as a rein..

Disport :: Disport (v. i.) To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self.

Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..

Constraintive :: Constraintive (a.) Constraining; compulsory.

Strain :: Strain (a.) To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument..

Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..

Riot :: Riot (n.) Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.

Confine :: Confine (n.) Apartment; place of restraint; prison.

Reprehend :: Reprehend (v. t.) To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure..

Labor :: Labor (n.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.

Spontaneity :: Spontaneity (n.) The quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting from native feeling, proneness, or temperament, without constraint or external force..

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