curb
I
verb
arrest, brake, check, control, delay, detain, govern, harness, hinder, hold back, hold in check, hold up, impede, inhibit, keep within limits, limit, mitigate, moderate, muzzle, obstruct, prohibit, repress, restrain, retard, snub, stay, suppress, temper, throttle down, trammel, yoke
II
index
adjust (resolve), allay, arrest (stop), assuage, balk, bar (obstruction), bar (hinder), block, blockade (barrier), censorship, check (bar), check (restrain), constrain (restrain), constraint (restriction), constrict (inhibit), contain (restrain), control (restriction), damper (stopper), debar, delay, detain (restrain), deterrence, deterrent, diminish, disadvantage (noun), disadvantage (verb), discipline (obedience), discipline (control), disincentive, encumbrance, enjoin, fetter (noun), fetter (verb), halt, hamper, hinder, hold up (delay), impede, inhibit, interfere, keep (restrain), lessen, limit, limitation, lock, margin (outside limit), mitigate, moderate (temper), modify (moderate), mollification, mollify, obstacle, obstruct, obstruction, palliate (abate), preclude, prohibit, prohibition, quota, repress, restrain, restraint, restrict, restriction, stay, stay (halt), stem (check), subdue, trammel, withhold
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006