OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 20645

restrain

/ɹɪˈstɹeɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
contener • refrenar • reprimir • restreñir
To control or keep in check.
As with vicarious mismenstruation, the abnormal cessation only requires strict attention to the general health, with such measures to restrain hemorrhage as have already been indic…
retener
To deprive of liberty.
restringir
To restrict or limit.
He was restrained by the straitjacket.
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…