What are some opposite words for confine?
Antonyms for confine
kənˈfaɪn for 1, 2, 5, 6 ; ˈkɒn faɪn for 3, 4con·fine
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confine
To restrain is to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force. Constrain is positive; restrain is negative; one is constrained to an action; he is restrained from an action. Constrain refers almost exclusively to moral force, restrain frequently to physical force, as when we speak of putting one under restraint. To restrain an action is to hold it partially or wholly in check, so that it is under pressure even while it acts; to restrict an action is to fix a limit or boundary which it may not pass, but within which it is free. To repress, literally to press back, is to hold in check, and perhaps only temporarily, that which is still very active; it is a feebler word than restrain; to suppress is finally and effectually to put down; suppress is a much stronger word than restrain; as, to suppress a rebellion. Compare ARREST; BIND; KEEP.
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aid, animate, arouse, emancipate, encourage, excite, free, impel, incite, let loose, release, set freeSynonyms:
abridge, bridle, check, circumscribe, constrain, curb, hinder, hold, hold back, hold in, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep under, repress, restrain, restrict, suppress, withhold
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restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttleverb
place limits on (extent or access)
"restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
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unloosen, liberate, unloose, free, release, looseSynonyms:
spring, strangle, snare, intimidate, rebound, qualify, ricochet, choke, throttle, circumscribe, hold back, fix, trammel, entrap, take a hop, hold in, determine, encumber, define, specify, border, strangulate, keep, reverberate, recoil, cumber, curb, constrain, hold, ensnare, bounce, leap, restrain, restrict, jump, bound, curtail, detain, trap, resile, limit, keep back, cut back, set, encloselimit, circumscribe, confineverb
restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
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unloose, free, release, loose, unloosen, liberateSynonyms:
restrict, detain, hold in, trammel, circumscribe, set, restrain, bound, throttle, hold, determine, define, specify, enclose, fix, limitconfineverb
prevent from leaving or from being removed
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loose, release, unloosen, unloose, free, liberateSynonyms:
restrict, hold, bound, restrain, circumscribe, throttle, hold in, limit, trammel, enclose, detainenclose, hold in, confineverb
close in; darkness enclosed him"
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liberate, unloose, unloosen, loose, free, releaseSynonyms:
curb, wrap, hold in, enwrap, trammel, restrain, hold back, control, bound, moderate, enfold, stick in, put in, hold, restrict, check, conceal, insert, circumscribe, enclose, shut in, limit, envelop, detain, introduce, inclose, close in, throttle, containconfine, detainverb
deprive of freedom; take into confinement
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release, free, unloose, loose, unloosen, liberateSynonyms:
restrict, hold, bound, restrain, circumscribe, stay, throttle, hold in, hold up, delay, limit, trammel, enclose, detainrestrain, confine, holdverb
to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
"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"
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release, loose, liberate, free, unloose, unloosenSynonyms:
accommodate, book, support, intimidate, retain, hold in, throttle, circumscribe, apply, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, restrict, deem, hold up, arrest, guard, take, have, concord, trammel, check, make, take for, go for, encumber, throw, defy, control, harbor, halt, keep, obligate, cumber, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, constrain, curb, hold, moderate, bind, have got, restrain, declare, withstand, view as, bound, detain, contain, concur, maintain, limit, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, obtain, enclose, agree, bear
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How to use confine in a sentence?
When you confine people and put them in a stressed environment you see immune changes.
it’s not funny nor humorous anymore, is it? this practical confine greasing our gills, gilding our lilies, suffocating on our common wreckage
Confine yourself to the present.
Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.
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