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4. give back, return, put back, bring back, send back, replace, hand back; remit, reimburse, compensate, indemnify.
5. rebuild, reconstruct, refashion, recreate; remake, make over, build afresh
or anew, remodel.

restrain, v. 1. constrain, check, curb, bridle, trammel, rein; delay, detain, retard, hold back or up; hamper, impede, inhibit, hinder; bind, tie, tie hand and foot, Inf hogtie; stop, stay, halt, arrest, scotch.
2. control, govern, regulate, harness, moderate, keep within bounds, keep in tow, keep under control, hold in check,
SI. keep the lid on; suppress, repress, subdue, contain, smother, stifle, muzzle, bottle up, cork up, SI. sit on it; rein in, put the brakes on, Inf. pull up or back on, Inf. tighten up on.
3. restrict. See - restrict
(def. 1).

restraint, n. 1. check, curb, constraint, stay, stop, arrest; barrier, block, obstacle, bar; hindrance, impediment, deterrent, holdback, stumbling block; hitch, snag, knot, drawback, Inf. fly ih the ointment.
2. bonds, shackles, manacles, fetters, pinions, gyves, handcuffs,
Inf. cuffs, SI. bracelets, ball and chain; muzzle, gag; strait jacket.
3. coaction, restriction, obstruction, blockage, stoppage; suppression, repression, stifling, smothering, subduing; delay, retardation.
4.
confinement, circumscription, detention; imprisonment, incarceration, durance; bondage, duress, captivity.
5. reserve, formality, undemonstrativeness, unex-pansiveness; moderation, prudence, judiciousness, temperateness; equanimity, self-control, selfpossession, aplomb, poise, presence of mind, levelheadedness; taste, good taste, discrimination; subtlety.

restrict, v. 1. confine, circumscribe, pen, cage, impound, immure, coop up, wall in, box in, hem in, bottle up; bound, demarcate, delimit, deliminate, mark off, rope off, set or mark the boundaries; constrict, narrow, stint, cramp, straiten, limit; qualify, modify, draw the line, lay down the law, condition, set conditions or limits.
2. restrain. See - restrain
(defs. 1, 2).

restricted, adj. 1. limited, prescribed, cramped, straitened; confined, circumscribed, bound, bounded.
2. off-limits, out-of-bounds; classified, secret, top-secret,
Inf. hush-hush, Inf. under wraps.
3. private, closed, exclusive, segregated; select, particular, by invitation only.

restriction, n. 1. provision, proviso, clause, stipulation, specification, condition, qualification, qualifier, Inf. string, Inf small print; rule, regulation; reservation, exception; check, curb. See - restraint (def. 1).
2. confinement, circumscription, limitation; demarcation, delimitation; proscription, prescription, preclusion, exclusion, nonadmission.
3. narrowness, closeness, tightness, straitness, restrictedness; imprisonment, incarceration. See - restraint
(def. 4).

restrictive, adj. 1. conditional, provisional, provisory, contingent, qualifying, modifying.
2. limitative, limiting, confining, circumscriptive, cramping; stiff, narrow, tight, cramped, straitened; hindering, hampering, inhibiting, inhibitive; restraining, constraining; suppressive, repressive; obstructive, in the way.
3. select, selective, exclusive, exclusory.

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