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Checkless :: Checkless (a.) That can not be checked or restrained.

Incontinent :: Incontinent (a.) Unable to restrain natural evacuations.

Belt :: Belt (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb..

Constrainable :: Constrainable (a.) Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint..

Continent :: Continent (a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste..

Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction..

Burst :: Burst (v. t.) To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors..

Vein :: Vein (n.) Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein..

Luxuriate :: Luxuriate (v. i.) To indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; as, to luxuriate in description..

Repress :: Repress (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back..

Indulge :: Indulge (v. t.) to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure..

Escape :: Escape (n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression..

Unrein :: Unrein (v. t.) To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from.

Strainer :: Strainer (n.) One who strains.

Trash :: Trash (v. t.) To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously..

Bated :: Bated (a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath..

Controller :: Controller (n.) One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs..

Canvass :: Canvass (n.) To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote..

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

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