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Loose :: Loose (n.) Freedom from restraint.

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

Bridler :: Bridler (n.) One who bridles; one who restrains and governs, as with a bridle..

Enjoin :: Enjoin (v. t.) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

Restraining :: Restraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Restrai.

Tentiginous :: Tentiginous (a.) Stiff; stretched; strained.

Work :: Work (n.) To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea..

Discretionary :: Discretionary () Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers..

Strain :: Strain (n.) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career..

Repression :: Repression (n.) That which represses; check; restraint.

Tolerate :: Tolerate (v. t.) To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices..

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

Bind :: Bind (v. t.) Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other..

Swingdevil :: Swing (n.) Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.

Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.

Spill :: Spill (v. t.) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain..

Obstriction :: Obstriction (n.) The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged; that which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond..

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

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..

Licentiate :: Licentiate (n.) One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor..

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