About The Word Restraint
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Restraint
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What's The Definition Of Restraint?
[n] the act controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade"
[n] a device that stops something from moving; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted" [n] lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint" [n] discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself" [n] a rule or condition that limits freedom; "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports" [n] the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be kept under restraint" Synonyms | Synonyms for Restraint: chasteness | constraint | constraint | control | simplicity Related Terms | Find terms related to Restraint: See Also | air bag | airbrake | arrester | arrester hook | band | bond | brake | brake pads | brake shoe | bridle | cage | catch | chain | check | collar | confinement | confinement | containment | continence | control | curb | curtailment | damper | device | discipline | dive brake | drogue | fastener | fastening | fixing | gag | hamper | holdfast | ignition lock | immobilisation | immobilization | immobilizing | inhibition | lead | leash | life belt | limitation | lock | moderation | muzzle | plainness | restraint of trade | restriction | restriction | safety belt | safety harness | sea anchor | self-restraint | shackle | shoe | stop | suppression | temperance | temperateness | tether | trammel | trammels Restraint In Webster's Dictionary \Re*straint"\, n. [OF. restraincte, fr. restrainct, F.
restreint, p. p. of restraindre, restrendre. See {Restrain}.]
1. The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or
hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance
of the will, or of any action, physical or mental.
No man was altogether above the restrains of law,
and no man altogether below its protection.
--Macaulay.
2. The state of being restrained.
3. That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the
like; limitation; restriction.
For one restraint, lords of the world besides.
--Milton.
Syn: Repression; hindrance; check; stop; curb;?oercion;
confinement; limitation; restriction.
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