restrained
adjective
- stop, prevent, holding back
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈstɹeɪnd/
adj
- Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.
“He greeted her for the first time in three years with a restrained embrace.”
- Proscribed, restricted.
“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.”
verb
- simple past and past participle of restrain
“He was restrained by the straight jacket.”