Restraining
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Restraining is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of restrain.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of restrain.
More Meanings
- The act by which someone or something is restrained.
Example Sentences
She had the privilege of a soul beyond our minor rules and restrainings to speak her wishes to the true wife of a mock husband—no husband; less a husband than this shadow of a woman a wife, she said; […]
Word Forms
- restrainings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include restrict, limit, confine, hold, cumber, encumber.
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