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NOUN

restraint

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ban constraint curb embargo limit prohibition reduction restriction

STRONG

abridgment arrest bar barrier bondage bridle captivity chains check command confinement cramp decrease deprivation detention determent deterrence fetters hindrance impediment imprisonment instruction interdict manacles obstacle obstruction order rein repression rope stop stoppage straitjacket string taboo weight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

allowance enlargement permission

STRONG

advantage aid assistance beginning continuation encouragement expansion freedom go help independence indulgence liberation liberty license promotion release start support

WEAK

agitation arousal wildness

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He did the same with all the other pingoes.

From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

I, who was in the rear of the party, was the first to take to flight; the coolies threw away their pingoes, and my brother-in-law his umbrella, and all ran in different directions.

From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

The first thing I observed was the elephant returning to the place where one of the pingoes was lying: he was carrying one of the coolies in a coil of his trunk.

From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

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