Definition for Restraining:

• Abridging; limiting; that which checks or hinders from sin.

Synonyms for Restraining:

• adj.

  •binding (adjective)
  • more enslaved,
  • most enslaved,
  • more limiting,
  • most attached,
  • more attached,
  • most limiting.
  •controlling (adjective)
  • coercive,
  • Prohibiting,
  • restrictive,
  • forbidding,
  • constraining.
  •governing (adjective)
  • more ordering,
  • more mastering,
  • over-seeing,
  • super-intending,
  • more conducting,
  • more superintending,
  • most guiding,
  • more gubernatorial,
  • most directing,
  • most ordering,
  • most conducting,
  • super intending,
  • over seeing,
  • most gubernatorial,
  • more overseeing,
  • most overseeing,
  • most superintending,
  • more guiding,
  • more directing,
  • more presidential,
  • most mastering,
  • most presidential.
  •hindering (adjective)
  • crippling,
  • Resisting,
  • Delaying,
  • bottleneck,
  • Obstructing,
  • Damming,
  • impeding,
  • burdensome,
  • Cramping,
  • constipating,
  • Snarling,
  • Fouling,
  • Entrapping,
  • Snagging,
  • frustrating,
  • blocking,
  • Complicating,
  • baffling,
  • restricting,
  • choking,
  • Tangling,
  • Handicapping,
  • Entangling,
  • Crimping,
  • hindering,
  • congesting,
  • Detaining,
  • Clogging,
  • Encumbering,
  • thwarting.
  •prohibitive (adjective)
  • Proscriptive,
  • financial means conditional,
  • sky-high.
  •retaining (adjective)
  • Having.
  •tying (adjective)
  • most shackling,
  • more restricting,
  • more shackling,
  • most restricting.

• n.

  •arrest (noun)
  • sequesterings,
  • de lay,
  • pull ins,
  • restrainings,
  • pick ups,
  • re straining,
  • de-lays,
  • gloms,
  • preventive custodies,
  • stayings,
  • de-lay,
  • re-straining,
  • protective custodies,
  • de lays.
  •confining (noun)
  • imprisonings,
  • boundings,
  • enclosings,
  • detainings.

• v.

  •commanding (verb)
  • governing.
  •dissuading (verb)
  • averting,
  • barring,
  • Deterring,
  • disheartening,
  • inhibiting,
  • diverting,
  • discouraging,
  • daunting,
  • depressing,
  • Preventing,
  • intimidating,
  • chilling,
  • Derailing,
  • admonishing,
  • Disinclining,
  • Deflecting,
  • banning,
  • dampening,
  • Checking,
  • Dissuading.
  •hindering (verb)
  • dragging,
  • opposing,
  • countering,
  • Impairing,
  • Miring,
  • Interrupting,
  • Hamstringing,
  • Burdening,
  • Hampering,
  • fettering,
  • Paralyzing,
  • stopping,
  • Staying,
  • catching,
  • bottlenecking,
  • curbing,
  • jamming,
  • Bunging,
  • Plugging,
  • braking.
  •prohibiting (verb)
  • Disallowing,
  • controlling,
  • Suppressing,
  • disqualifying,
  • Oppressing,
  • disapproving,
  • Precluding,
  • Outlawing,
  • Curtailing,
  • Denying,
  • Rejecting,
  • Refusing.
  •restraining (verb)
  • Bridling,
  • Tethering,
  • Leashing,
  • Shackling,
  • constricting,
  • Collaring.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • arrest.

Paraphrases for Restraining:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    curbing, constraining.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    constraints, withholding.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    constraint, constraining, remoteness, banning, self-restraint, prohibition, Prohibiting, ban, alienation, contention, deportation, withholding.
  • Verb, past tense
    Curtailed, imposed, inhibited, limited, unrestricted, constraint.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Reining, retaining, Detaining, stifling, averting, discouraging, hindering, Relieving, minimising, regulating, Removing, impeding, Mitigating, Suppressing, Harnessing, Deterring, minimizing, thwarting, stopping, arresting, enjoining, contain, Containing, diminishing, inhibiting, Hampering, confining, Reversing, Subduing, countering, Impairing, mastering, reducing, locked-in, Depriving, Obstructing, Precluding, Sacrificing, Proscribing, Taming, undermining, Stemming, shrinking, governing, Selecting, Denying, forbidding, Disallowing, moderating, binding, rising, Exempting, engaging, cracking, tying, barring, throttling, Forfeiting, Deducting, braking, causing, blocking, Earmarking, locking, controlling, Choosing, delimiting, qualifying, slowing, Capping, keeping, bounding, banning, prohibition, Prohibiting, withholding.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    restraint.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    containment, injunction, restraint, curtailment, restrictiveness.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    dampening, halting.

Restraining Sentence Examples:

• This gentleman, sir, who is to marry my sister, I made calm answer, though restraining my anger with no small effort, was late an officer in the British army, and is a member of the Church of England.

• An intense desire to laugh overtook them both, and they had the greatest difficulty in restraining themselves.

Homophones for Restraining:

• right atrium, rostrum, restroom.