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re·straint     (rĭ-strānt')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act of restraining or the condition of being restrained.
  2. Loss or abridgment of freedom.
  3. An influence that inhibits or restrains; a limitation.
  4. An instrument or a means of restraining.
  5. Control or repression of feelings; constraint.

[Middle English restreinte, from Old French restrainte, from feminine past participle of restraindre, to restrain; see restrain.]
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