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Restrained

//ɹɪˈstɹeɪnd// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.

    "He greeted her for the first time in three years with a restrained embrace."

  2. 2
    Proscribed, restricted. obsolete

    "Ha? fie, these filthy vices. It were as good To pardon him, that hath from nature stolne a man already made, as to remit Their sawcie sweetnes, that do coyne heauens Image In stamps that are forbid: 'tis all as easie, Falsely to take away a life true made, As to put mettle in restrained meanes To make a false one."

Adjective
  1. 1
    prudent wordnet
  2. 2
    cool and formal in manner wordnet
  3. 3
    not showy or obtrusive wordnet
  4. 4
    under restraint wordnet
  5. 5
    marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of restrain form-of, participle, past

    "He was restrained by the straight jacket."

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