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- DictionaryRe·straint/rəˈstrānt/
noun
- 1. a measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control or within limits: "decisions are made within the financial restraints of the budget"
- 2. unemotional, dispassionate, or moderate behavior; self-control: "he urged the protesters to exercise restraint"
The meaning of RESTRAINT is an act of restraining : the state of being restrained. How to use restraint in a sentence.
RESTRAINT definition: 1. calm and controlled behaviour: 2. something that limits the freedom of someone or something, or…. Learn more.
the act of restraining, holding back, controlling, or checking. the state or fact of being restrained; restrained; deprivation of liberty; confinement. Synonyms: imprisonment, incarceration, restriction, circumscription. Antonyms: liberty. constraint or reserve in feelings, behavior, etc. restraint. / rɪˈstreɪnt /.
When talking about an object, a restraint is a device used to maintain control of something. For example, if your leg is operated on, the doctors will use a restraint to hold it still.
n. 1. the ability to control or moderate one's impulses, passions, etc: to show restraint. 2. the act of restraining or the state of being restrained. 3. something that restrains; restriction. [C15: from Old French restreinte, from restreindre to restrain]
restraint (rather formal) a decision, a rule, an idea, etc. that limits what you can do; the act of limiting something because it is necessary or sensible to do so: The government has imposed export restraints on some products.
noun. 1. the ability to control or moderate one's impulses, passions, etc. to show restraint. 2. the act of restraining or the state of being restrained. 3. something that restrains; restriction. Collins English Dictionary.
