restrain (v.)

• abate
• allay
• alleviate
• alter
• anchor
• arrest
• assuage
• attemper
• bar
• bind
• bit
• block
• blunt
• bound
• bridle
• cage
• cause
• chain
• chasten
• check
• circumscribe
• cloister
• collect
• compel
• condition
• confine
• constrain
• contain
• control
• cool
• coop
• copyright
• countercheck
• crib
• crimp
• curb
• curtail
• damp
• dampen
• de-emphasize
• deaden
• debar
• decelerate
• delay
• detain
• diminish
• discipline
• downplay
• drive
• dull
• enchain
• enclose
• enforce
• enjoin
• extenuate
• fasten
• fetter
• forbear
• force
• gag
• govern
• guard
• hamper
• handcuff
• handicap
• have
• hedge
• hinder
• hobble
• hog-tie
• hold
• hopple
• immure
• impede
• impel
• impound
• imprison
• incarcerate
• inhibit
• intercept
• interfere
• interrupt
• intervene
• keep
• lash
• lay
• leash
• leaven
• lenify
• lessen
• lighten
• limit
• make
• manacle
• meddle
• mew
• mitigate
• moderate
• modify
• modulate
• moor
• muzzle
• narrow
• obstruct
• obtund
• oppose
• palliate
• patent
• pen
• picket
• pinion
• pound
• prevent
• prohibit
• pull
• purify
• qualify
• reduce
• refrain
• register
• regulate
• rein
• repress
• resist
• restrict
• retard
• retrench
• rope
• scant
• scotch
• season
• secure
• shackle
• simplify
• slacken
• smother
• snub
• sober
• soften
• specialize
• stifle
• stint
• stop
• straiten
• strap
• subdue
• suppress
• tame
• temper
• tether
• tie
• trammel
• underplay
• weaken
• withhold