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Restraint
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RESTRA'INT, n.
1. The act or operation of holding back or hindering from motion, in any manner hinderance of the will, or of any action, physical, moral or mental.
2. Abridgment of liberty as the restraint of a man by imprisonment or by duress.
3. Prohibition. The commands of God should be effectual restraints upon our evil passions.
4. Limitation restriction.
If all were granted, yet it must be maintained, within any bold restraints, far otherwise than it is received.
5. That which restrains, hinders or represses. The laws are restraints upon injustice.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Restraint'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/r/restraint.html.
Entry for 'Restraint'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/r/restraint.html.
