He confined, restricted, limited, restrained, or withheld, himself (حَبَسَنَفْسَهُ) to such a thing. (S, K.) تحبّس عَنِ الرُّكْبَانِHe held back from the riders. (TA.) تحبّس فِىالأَمْرِ [He withheld himself, or held back, in, or respecting, the affair]. (TA in article حوز.)