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restrained

adjective

  1. stop, prevent, holding back
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈstɹeɪnd/

adj

  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. 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

  1. simple past and past participle of restrain

    “He was restrained by the straight jacket.”