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Definition

verb. holds back or limits someone or something.

Example Sentence

He restrains himself from eating too much candy.

More Example Sentences

He restrains his excitement for the surprise.

Synonyms

controls; limits; hinders

Antonyms

releases; frees; allows

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Rhymes

  • aynes
  • bain's
  • baines
  • bains
  • banes
  • baynes
  • brain's
  • brains
  • cain's
  • caines
  • canes
  • chain's
  • chains
  • chains'
  • crain's
  • crane's
  • cranes
  • daines
  • dains
  • dane's
  • danes
  • deigns
  • drains
  • fein's
  • gaines
  • gains
  • ganes
  • grains
  • haines
  • hains
  • hanes
  • haynes
  • jane's
  • janes
  • jaynes
  • kainz
  • kane's
  • keynes
  • lane's
  • lanes
  • llanes
  • maine's
  • maines
  • mains
  • mainz
  • manes
  • maynes
  • pains
  • panes
  • plaines
  • plains
  • plane's
  • planes
  • planes'
  • raines
  • rains
  • ranes
  • raynes
  • reigns
  • reines
  • reins
  • sainz
  • skains
  • spain's
  • sprains
  • staines
  • stains
  • strains
  • swains
  • train's
  • trains
  • twain's
  • vanes
  • veins
  • wanes
  • wayne's
  • yanes

  • attains
  • bahrain's
  • cabranes
  • campaign's
  • campaigns
  • champagnes
  • complains
  • constrains
  • contains
  • disdains
  • domains
  • duquesne's
  • elaine's
  • explains
  • germain's
  • hussein's
  • maintains
  • mccain's
  • mclean's
  • mcmains
  • obtains
  • pertains
  • refrains
  • regains
  • remains
  • restrains
  • retains
  • sustains
  • terrains
  • ukraine's

  • entertains
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