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Kept within close bounds
Uncomfortable in the company of other people
In force
Repressed or suppressed, especially of emotions or impulses
Obliged by law, circumstances, or duty to do something
Constrained under authority or power
Reserved
Unnatural, artificial or fake in nature
Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing wife or girlfriend
Reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion
Restricted as if by being crippled with a hamstring
With no alternative but
Using, exercising or showing caution
Liable to be brought to account or held responsible
Given to or marked by restraint or moderation
To have caused someone to do something, usually against their inclinations
“He argues that the main plot of the post-Stalin years was the waning of administrative pressure, but his sources constrain him to tell the story of reforms.”
Past tense for to limit, restrict, or inhibit
“Help me, O God, to scrub away the guilt, to flush away the regrets, to polish and oil the rusty hinges that constrain my spirit.”
Past tense for severely restrict the scope, extent, or activity of
“As a result, domestic laws and policies in a wide range of areas need to be changed to make them compliant with these rules, even though this will severely restrict or constrain possible policy options in many areas.”
Past tense for to impede the work or progress of
Past tense for to imprison, confine or incarcerate someone
Past tense for to refrain from openly expressing or displaying
Past tense for to meddle or intervene
Past tense for incite someone to do something, especially something bad
Past tense for to have a significant influence on
Past tense for to cause physical pain to
Past tense for refrain from drinking alcohol
Past tense for make narrower, especially by encircling pressure
Past tense for upset, distress someone
Past tense for to make use of
Past tense for to command the doing of by one's authority
Emphasizing insignificance
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