Restraint
Nouns
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restraint
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hindrance etc. Hindrance
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coercion etc. (compulsion) Compulsion
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cohibition, constraint, repression, suppression
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discipline, control. confinement
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durance, duress
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imprisonment
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incarceration, coarctation, entombment, mancipation, durance vile, limbo, captivity
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blockade. arrest, arrestation
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custody, keep, care, charge, ward, restringency. curb etc. (means of restraint) [Means of restraint.] Prison
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restriction, protection, monopoly
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prohibition etc. Prohibition. prisoner etc. Prisoner
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repressionist.
Verbs
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restrain, check
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put under restraint, lay under restraint
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enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall
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restrict
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debar etc. (hinder) Hindrance
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constrain
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coerce etc. (compel) Compulsion
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curb, control
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hold back, hold from, hold in, hold in check, hold within bounds, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep within bounds
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hold in leash, hold in leading strings
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withhold. keep under
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repress, suppress
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smother
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pull in, rein in
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hold, hold fast
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keep a tight hand on
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prohibit etc. Prohibition
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inhibit, cohibit. enchain
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fasten etc. (join) Junction
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fetter, shackle
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entrammel
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bridle, muzzle, hopple, gag, pinion, manacle, handcuff, tie one's hands, hobble, bind hand and foot
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swathe, swaddle
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pin down, tether
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picket
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tie down, tie up
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secure
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forge fetters
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disable, hamstring (incapacitate) Impotence. confine
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shut up, shut in
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clap up, lock up, box up, mew up, bottle up, cork up, seal up, button up
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hem in, bolt in, wall in, rail in
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impound, pen, coop
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inclose etc. (circumscribe) Circumscription
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cage
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incage, encage
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close the door upon, cloister
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imprison, immure
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incarcerate, entomb
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clap under hatches, lay under hatches
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put in irons, put in a strait-waistcoat
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throw into prison, cast into prison
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put into bilboes. arrest
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take up, take charge of, take into custody
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take prisoner, take captive, make prisoner, make captive
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captivate
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lead captive, lead into captivity
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send to prison, commit to prison
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commit
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give in charge, give in custody
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subjugate etc. Subjection.
Adjectives
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restrained, constrained
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imprisoned etc. v.
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pent up
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jammed in, wedged in
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under lock and key, under restraint, under hatches
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in swaddling clothes
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on parole
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in custody, doing time etc. (prisoner) Prisoner
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cohibitive
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coactive etc. (compulsory) Compulsion. stiff, restringent, strait-laced, hidebound, barkbound. ice bound, wind bound, weather bound
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cabined cribbed confined" [Macbeth]
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in Lob's pound, laid by the heels.