restrain

(verb) keep under control; keep in check. Synonyms: keep, keep back, hold back. Examples: "Suppress a smile." "Keep your temper." "Keep your cool."

(verb) place limits on (extent or access). Synonyms: restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle. Examples: "Restrict the use of this parking lot." "Limit the time you can spend with your friends."

(verb) to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement. Synonyms: confine, hold. Examples: "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains." "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade." "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center." "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom."

(verb) hold back. Synonyms: encumber, cumber, constrain.

(verb) to compel or deter by or as if by threats. Synonyms: intimidate.