Definition of straint

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Straining () a. & n. from Strain.

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Stay :: Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
Leave :: Leave (n.) Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.
Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
Impotent :: Impotent (a.) Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent.
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..
Wantonness :: Wantonness (n.) The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.
Unrein :: Unrein (v. t.) To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from.
Liberty :: Liberty (n.) Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion..
Runaway :: Runaway (a.) Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse..
Contain :: Contain (v. t.) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
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..
Duress :: Duress (n.) Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
Bondage :: Bondage (a.) The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.
Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style..
Custody :: Custody (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
Deliverance :: Deliverance (n.) The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint..
Range :: Range (v. i.) To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.
Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
Controlment :: Controlment (n.) The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence.
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