Definition of "restraining" []

• Present participle of restrain. (verb)

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• "It is, however, useful in restraining the more nuttily protectionist tendencies in American government."
• "Then again, I am not one of those liberals currently complaining that our majority is wasted because of the "Blue Dogs" and the Senate counterparts 'role in restraining the left."
• "My discomfort grew daily and my role in restraining potential abuses of power increasingly more difficult."