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Diatribe :: Diatribe (n.) A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic..

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

Control :: Control (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.

Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain..

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice..

Tammy :: Tammy (n.) A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis..

Sprunt :: Sprung (a.) Said of a spar that has been cracked or strained.

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought..

Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams..

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

Ear-splitting :: Ear-splitting (a.) Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains..

Headstrong :: Headstrong (a.) Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.

Qualify :: Qualify (v. t.) To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a statement, claim, or proposition..

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

Colature :: Colature (n.) The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.

Spare :: Spare (n.) The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

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

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

Strainer :: Strained (a.) Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained..

Cohibit :: Cohibit (v. t.) To restrain.

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