Restrain

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To draw back toghtly, as a rein.

II. Restrain ·vt To Withhold; to Forbear.

III. Restrain ·vt To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to Abridge.

IV. Restrain ·vt To Limit; to Confine; to Restrict.

V. Restrain ·vt To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to Curb.