restrain

To hold back or keep in check; control.

To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way.

To hold, fasten, or secure so as to prevent or limit movement.

To draw tight; strain.

To hold back; hold in; check; confine; hold from action or motion, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; hence, to repress or suppress: as, to restrain a horse by a bridle; to restrain men from crimes and trespasses by laws; to restrain, laughter.

To abridge; restrict; hinder from liberty of action.

To limit; confine; restrict in definition.

To withhold; forbear.

To forbid; prohibit.