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Undersong :: Undersong (n.) Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone.

Indulgent :: Indulgent (a.) Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent..

Curbless :: Curbless (a.) Having no curb or restraint.

Constrainer :: Constrainer (n.) One who constrains.

Strait :: Straint (n.) Overexertion; excessive tension; strain.

Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance..

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit..

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.

Unequal :: Unequal (a.) Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain..

Streit :: Strein (v. t.) To strain.

Bridle :: Bridle (v. t.) To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse..

Stent :: Stent (v. t.) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint..

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident..

Rebuke :: Rebuke (v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish..

Restrainer :: Restrainer (n.) One who, or that which, restrains..

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..

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing..

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..

Ranch :: Ranch (v. t.) To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.

Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation..

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