restraining
Definition
verb. to hold back from action or to limit someone's freedom.
Example Sentence
The police officer was restraining the suspect until backup arrived.
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restraining
Rhymes
- caning
- chaining
- draining
- feigning
- gaining
- haning
- laning
- painting
- raining
- reigning
- reining
- staining
- straining
- training
- waning
- abstaining
- attaining
- campaigning
- complaining
- constraining
- containing
- detaining
- disdaining
- explaining
- maintaining
- obtaining
- ordaining
- pertaining
- refraining
- regaining
- remaining
- restraining
- retaining
- retraining
- sustaining
- ascertaining
- entertaining
- overtraining