Imprison vs Restrain - What's the difference?
imprison | restrain | Related terms |
To control or keep in check.
To deprive of liberty.
To restrict or limit.
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, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
Imprison is a related term of restrain.
In lang=en terms the difference between imprison and restrain
is that imprison is to put in or as if in prison; confine while restrain is to restrict or limit.As verbs the difference between imprison and restrain
is that imprison is to put in or as if in prison; confine while restrain is to control or keep in check.imprison
English
Alternative forms
* emprisonSynonyms
* bang up * gaol, jail * lock up * put away * (British, colloquial) sent to the Tower “imprisoned” * See alsoDerived terms
* imprisoner * imprisonmentrestrain
English
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}