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| compulsion |
coercion or constraint; act of compelling. [1/3 definitions] |
| duress |
forced constraint; imprisonment. [1/2 definitions] |
| emancipate |
to free from some external control or constraint, such as enslavement or ignorance. [1/2 definitions] |
| emancipation |
the act of freeing from some constraint or confinement. [1/2 definitions] |
| free |
being without hindrance or constraint; not enslaved or imprisoned. [1/20 definitions] |
| freedom |
the state of being free from hindrance or constraint. [1/9 definitions] |
| loose |
without constraint. [2/15 definitions] |
| loosen |
to relax (constraint or the like). [1/5 definitions] |
| pinch |
to place a tight constraint on; restrict; constrict. [1/11 definitions] |
| release |
to liberate from confinement or other form of constraint, such as obligation or responsibility. [2/10 definitions] |
| restraint |
the quality of being emotionally reserved; graceful constraint of one's feelings; freedom from exaggeration. [1/4 definitions] |
| roister |
to revel boisterously, noisily, and without constraint. [1/2 definitions] |
| strait |
(usu. pl.) a condition or position of need, distress, or constraint. [1/2 definitions] |
| unbind |
to make free, as from confinement or constraint. [1/2 definitions] |
| unrestrained |
not held back or checked; free from constraint. |
| unseal |
to remove a constraint from. [1/2 definitions] |
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