0 to control the actions or behaviour of someone by force, especially in order to stop them from doing something, or to limit the growth or force of something:
1 to control the actions or behavior of someone by force, esp. in order to stop that person from doing something:
3 to control someone's actions or behaviour, especially by stopping them from doing something:
This conservatism on the part of nuclear states may have also led them to restrain their minor allies.
Often, one's self-image becomes restricted and restrained by one's professional image.
The thermal noise can be reduced or damped by exerting a restraining force on the particle.
It would be foolhardy to suggest that affordable registration and titling will by itself restrain predatory state functionaries from encroaching on farmer rights.
The king's barons together attempted to restrain him from innovatory acts of misgovernment.
It seems certain that the sheriffs and their officials were in some sense both the culprits and the king's officials ordered to restrain the culprits.
And in the 1990s, they wanted simultaneously to restrain medical costs and expand health insurance coverage.
This increasing marginal benefit cushions the cost of restraining carbon use and contributes to a gentler bend in the cost curve.
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contener, detener, sujetar…
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(人)に(~を強制的に)やめさせる, (人)が(~するのを)抑える…
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