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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
restraint
n 1: the act of controlling by restraining someone or something;
"the unlawful restraint of trade"
2: discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model
of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"
[syn: restraint, control] [ant: unrestraint]
3: the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be
kept under restraint" [syn: constraint, restraint]
4: a rule or condition that limits freedom; "legal restraints";
"restraints imposed on imports"
5: lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with
great restraint" [syn: chasteness, restraint,
simplicity, simpleness]
6: a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not
have proper restraints fitted" [syn: restraint,
constraint]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Restraint \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.
[1913 Webster]
No man was altogether above the restrains of law,
and no man altogether below its protection.
--Macaulay.
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2. The state of being restrained.
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3. That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the
like; limitation; restriction.
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For one restraint, lords of the world besides.
--Milton.
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Syn: Repression; hindrance; check; stop; curb;?oercion;
confinement; limitation; restriction.
[1913 Webster]
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Thesaurus Results for restraint:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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