Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RE-STRAIN-ING
RE-STRAIN-ING, ppr.
- Holding back from proceeding; checking; repressing; hindering from motion or action; suppressing.
- adj. Abridging; limiting; as, a restraining statute.
- That checks or hinders from sin; as, restraining grace.
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