Restrain
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪn
Origin
Middle French restraindre, from Latin rēstringŠ("fasten, tighten")
Full definition of restrain
Verb
- (transitive) To control or keep in check.
- (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
- (transitive) To restrict or limit.
- 2013-05-17, George Monbiot, Money just makes the rich suffer, In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. … The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.