restrainer

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The decisive fifth came in 1962, when the ailing judicial restrainer, Felix Frankfurter, retired, to be succeeded by President Kennedy's gung-ho Labor Secretary, Arthur Goldberg.

From Time Magazine Archive

Philosopher, lawyer, teacher, former tackle for the Williams College "Ephmen" and compulsive thrasher in smooth waters, Bennett has clapped a restrainer on his formidable tongue until the confirmation hearings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, the "guilt" that Freud never satisfactorily explained is one built-in restrainer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Those who restrain desire to do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer, or reason, usurps its place and governs the unwilling.

From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Having everything in readiness—the bottles of restrainer and accelerator where they will be at hand if needed—get the plates which are to be developed.

From Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 by Various