verb

1. To control or keep in check.

2. To deprive of liberty.

3. To restrict or limit.

   “He was restrained by the straight jacket.”

Synonyms: check, limit, restrain, withstrain, confine, detain

adjective

1. Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.

   “He greeted her for the first time in three years with a restrained embrace.”