restraining

Speech parts

1. restraining - Noun

2. restraining - Verb

Meaning

of Restrain

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Harrison control keep prevent prohibitory stop limit binding check controlling limiting suppress bind stopping restrict

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Antonyms

independent bringing breeding laxative doing goading

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Related terms

restraining order

Phrases with the word

restraining device construction restraining order restraining ring building restraining order restraining collar

Examples

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power. Henry Kissinger

I believe that monetary policy has a chronic defect. It is asymmetric-it works better in restraining an economy than in stimulating an economy. Lawrence Klein

No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will. Euripides

I have always felt that the real purpose of government is to enhance the lives of people and that a leader can best do that by restraining government in most cases instead of enlarging it at every opportunity. Gerald Ford

You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when you stray that you feel the restraining tug. Michael Parenti

The policy of American government is to leave its citizens free, neither restraining them nor aiding them in their pursuits. Thomas Jefferson

Close letter words and terms

restrainedly restrainedness restrainer restraining collar restraining device restraining order