v. a.
1.
Check, curb, bridle, repress, suppress, withhold, constrain, coerce, keep, hold.
2.
Hold back, hold in, keep under, check.
3.
Hinder, prevent, debar, bar, stop, prohibit, interdict.
4.
Restrict, confine, abridge, hinder, circumscribe, narrow.
5.
Withhold, forbear.