Usually means: Limits or controls actions, behavior.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. restrains: Merriam-Webster
  2. restrains: Collins English Dictionary
  3. restrains: Vocabulary.com
  4. Restrains, restrains: Wordnik
  5. restrains: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. restrains: Wiktionary
  7. restrains: Dictionary.com
  8. restrains: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. restrains: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. restrains: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. restrains: Legal dictionary

(Note: See restrain as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (restrain)

verb:  (transitive) To control or keep in check.
verb:  (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
verb:  (transitive) To restrict or limit.
verb:  (transitive) To strain again.
▸ Also see restrain


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