restrained
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- v keep under control; keep in check
- v place limits on (extent or access)
- v to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
- v hold back
- v to compel or deter by or as if by threats
- s cool and formal in manner
- a under restraint
- s marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
restrained in his response - s not showy or obtrusive
- s prudent
- One of the attendants poured a bottle of water over Reid, who was then restrained with passengers' belts and sedated with drugs from the onboard medical kit.
- The institutions are understaffed and often lack basic facilities; many patients, both children and adults, are kept restrained for months, even years.
- With clever designers and manufacturers turning to materials like birchwood and state-of-the-art plastics, even the budget-restrained can now decorate with panache.