restrain

verbs

keep under control; keep in check
"suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
hold back, keep, keep back, restrain
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restrainer
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restraint
place limits on (extent or access)
"restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel
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restrainer
to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
"This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
confine, hold, restrain
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restrainer
is derived from
restraint
hold back
constrain, cumber, encumber, restrain
is derived from
restrainer
to compel or deter by or as if by threats
intimidate, restrain
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restrainer