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Restrained
- verb - cool and formal in manner
- hold back
- keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
- marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"
- not showy or obtrusive;
- place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- prudent; "guarded optimism"
- to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
- to compel or deter by or as if by threats
- under restraint
Restrainer
- noun - a chemical that is added to a photographic developer in order to retard development and reduce the amount of fog on a film
- a person who directs and restrains
Restraints
- noun - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
- a rule or condition that limits freedom; "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports"
- discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"
- lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"
- the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade"
- the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be kept under restraint"
Retinalite
- - A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster.
Retreading
- verb - give new treads to (a tire)
- use again in altered form; "retread an old plot"
Retreatant
- noun - a participant in a religious retreat
Retreateds
- noun - people who have retreated; "he had only contempt for the retreated"
Retreatful
- - Furnishing or serving as a retreat.
Retreating
- verb - make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
- move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"
- move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
- pull back or move away or backward;