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 Restraint \Re*straint"\, n. [OF. restraincte, fr. restrainct, F.
   restreint, p. p. of restraindre, restrendre. See {Restrain}.]
   1. The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or
      hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance
      of the will, or of any action, physical or mental.
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            No man was altogether above the restrains of law,
            and no man altogether below its protection.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   2. The state of being restrained.
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   3. That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the
      like; limitation; restriction.
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            For one restraint, lords of the world besides.
                                                  --Milton.
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   Syn: Repression; hindrance; check; stop; curb;?oercion;
        confinement; limitation; restriction.
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