What is that which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction. For one restraint, lords of the world besides. Milton. Syn. -- Repression; hindrance; check; stop; curb called?

restraint — That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction. For one restraint, lords of the world besides. Milton. Syn. -- Repression; hindrance; check; stop; curb;. (Webster's 1913.)

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