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restrainer

[ri-strey-ner] / rɪˈstreɪ nər /
NOUN
check
Synonyms
STRONGEST
control
STRONG
blow constraint curb damper disappointment frustration grunt harness holdup impediment inhibition limitation obstruction rebuff rejection reversal reverse setback stoppage trouble
Antonyms
STRONG
advantage aid allowance approval assistance blessing boost encouragement facilitation freedom help success support
WEAK
indulgence liberation permission
NOUN
curb
Synonyms
STRONGEST
barrier ledge rein restraint restriction
STRONG
border brake bridle chain control deterrent edge harness hindrance limitation
Antonyms
STRONGEST
freedom
STRONG
encouragement

Example Sentences

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The decisive fifth came in 1962, when the ailing judicial restrainer, Felix Frankfurter, retired, to be succeeded by President Kennedy's gung-ho Labor Secretary, Arthur Goldberg.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, the "guilt" that Freud never satisfactorily explained is one built-in restrainer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Philosopher, lawyer, teacher, former tackle for the Williams College "Ephmen" and compulsive thrasher in smooth waters, Bennett has clapped a restrainer on his formidable tongue until the confirmation hearings.

From Time Magazine Archive

The governor and the governed, the restrainer and the restrained, can never as such be identical.

From The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny by Brownson, Orestes Augustus

Those who restrain desire to do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer, or reason, usurps its place and governs the unwilling.

From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles