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Strain :: Strain (n.) The act of straining, or the state of being strained..

Roundelay :: Roundelay (n.) A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively.

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style..

Yoke :: Yoke (v. t.) To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.

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

Tone :: Tone (n.) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone..

Tensity :: Tensity (n.) The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness..

Cadence :: Cadence (n.) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy..

Out :: Out (a.) Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out..

Restraint :: Restraint (n.) The state of being restrained.

Constraintive :: Constraintive (a.) Constraining; compulsory.

Forced :: Forced (a.) Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh..

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

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

Restraint :: Restraint (n.) That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction..

Stressful :: Stress (v. t.) To subject to stress, pressure, or strain..

Let :: Let (v. t.) To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent..

Strained :: Strain (n.) Rank; a sort.

Self-restraint :: Self-restraint (n.) Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.

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..

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