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Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To limit, restrain, or confine in any way..

Compesce :: Compesce (v. t.) To hold in check; to restrain.

Obstringe :: Obstringe (v. t.) To constrain; to put under obligation.

Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain..

Independent :: Independent (a.) Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner..

Unruly :: Unruly (superl.) Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct..

Easiness :: Easiness (n.) Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining..

Unbridled :: Unbridled (a.) Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions..

Filtrate :: Filtrate (v. t.) To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation..

Start :: Start (v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure..

Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.

Rescue :: Rescue (v. t.) To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction..

Astrict :: Astrict (v. t.) To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit.

Detention :: Detention (n.) Confinement; restraint; custody.

Licentious :: Licentious (a.) Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life..

Inhibit :: Inhibit (v. t.) To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To violate; to ravish.

Monologue :: Monologue (n.) A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an account in monologue..

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..

Compulsory :: Compulsory (a.) Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

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