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Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.

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

Deliverance :: Deliverance (n.) The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint..

Untie :: Untie (v. t.) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.

Orphean :: Orphean (a.) Of or pertaining to Orpheus, the mythic poet and musician; as, Orphean strains..

Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To restrain; to prevent.

Wanton :: Wanton (v. t.) Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive..

Refrain :: Refrain (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

Distrained :: Distrained (imp. & p. p.) of Distrai.

Release :: Release (n.) The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage..

Compeller :: Compeller (n.) One who compels or constrains.

Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.

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..

Disenchained :: Disenchained (a.) Freed from restraint; unrestrained.

Self-indulgence :: Self-indulgence (n.) Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial..

Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.

Obedience :: Obedience (n.) The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control..

Immanacle :: Immanacle (v. t.) To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action.

Rage :: Rage (n.) To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo..

Frenum :: Frenum (n.) A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain any part; as, the fraenum of the tongue..

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