restrain (
http://definr.com/restrain)
v 1: keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep
your temper"; "keep your cool" [syn:
suppress,
keep,
keep back,
hold back]
2: place limits on; "restrict the use of this parking lot"
[syn:
restrict,
trammel,
limit,
bound,
confine,
throttle]
3: to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;
"This holds the local until the express passengers change
trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the
stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a
detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists
for ransom" [syn:
confine,
hold]
4: hold back [syn:
encumber,
cumber,
constrain]
5: to compel or deter by or as if by threats [syn:
intimidate]