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52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Esperanto: sin ĝeni — act with reserve
• German: sich zügeln — act with reserve
• German: sich zurückhalten — act with reserve
• German: sich bremsen — act with reserve
• Ancient Greek: κατέχομαι (katékhomai) — act with reserve
• Italian: fare complimenti — act with reserve
• Polish: powstrzymywać się — act with reserve
• Polish: powstrzymać się — act with reserve
• Polish: wstrzymywać się — act with reserve
• Polish: wstrzymać się — act with reserve
• Russian: сде́рживать (sdérživatʹ) — act with reserve
• Russian: сде́рживаться (sdérživatʹsja) — act with reserve
• Russian: приде́рживать — act with reserve
• Spanish: frenarse — act with reserve
• Spanish: refrenarse — act with reserve
• Spanish: contenerse — act with reserve
• Spanish: moderarse — act with reserve
• Spanish: reservarse — act with reserve
• Spanish: enfrenarse — act with reserve
• Spanish: reprimirse — act with reserve
• Thai: ออมมือ — act with reserve
• Ukrainian: стри́муватися (strýmuvatysja) — act with reserve
• Ukrainian: стри́матися (strýmatysja) — act with reserve
• German: zurückhalten — to contain; to stop
• German: aufhalten — to contain; to stop
• German: bremsen — to contain; to stop
• German: stoppen — to contain; to stop
• Polish: wstrzymywać — to contain; to stop
• Polish: wstrzymać — to contain; to stop
• Polish: zatrzymywać — to contain; to stop
• Polish: zatrzymać — to contain; to stop
• Russian: уде́рживать (udérživatʹ) — to contain; to stop
• Russian: держа́ть (deržátʹ) — to contain; to stop
• Thai: กักเก็บ — to contain; to stop
• German: hemmen — delay the progress of
• German: bremsen — delay the progress of
• German: einengen — delay the progress of
• German: aufhalten — delay the progress of
• German: zurückhalten — delay the progress of
• Māori: whakatōmuri — delay the progress of
• Polish: powstrzymywać — delay the progress of
• Polish: powstrzymać — delay the progress of
• Polish: uniemożliwiać — delay the progress of
• Polish: uniemożliwić — delay the progress of
• Russian: приде́рживать / замедля́ть разви́тие (pridérživatʹ / zamedljátʹ razvítije) — delay the progress of
• Russian: оставля́ть на второ́й год (ostavljátʹ na vtorój god) — delay the progress of
• Spanish: retrotraer — delay the progress of
• Spanish: anquilosar — delay the progress of
• Spanish: impedir el avance de — delay the progress of
• Spanish: retrasar el progreso de — delay the progress of
• Thai: ฉุด (chùt) — delay the progress of
• Thai: รั้ง (ráng) — delay the progress of