Restrain See also Hinder; Withhold his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not, 1 Sam. 3:13. thy mercies toward me? are they restrained, Isa. 63:15. these sayings scarce restrained they the people, Acts 14:18. truth, according to that which is in God, which he could not restrain, 2 Ne. 1:26. he could not be restrained because of the Spirit, Ether 12:2. civil magistrate should restrain crime, D&C 134:4.