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restraint

noun

1 restraint

The act of controlling by restraining someone or something.

Roget 826: inexcitability, imperturbability, inirritability; even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion; tolerance, patience, coolth [Coll.].    passiveness etc. (physical inertness) 172; hebetude, ... show more

Roget 706: prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage; embolus, embolism [Med.]; infarct [Med.]; interruption, interception, interclusion; hindrance, impedition; retardment, ... show more

Roget 708: opposition, antagonism; oppugnancy, oppugnation; impugnation; contrariety; contravention; counteraction etc. 179; counterplot.    cross fire, undercurrent, head wind.    ... show more

2 restraint

Discipline in personal and social activities:
— He was a model of polite restraint.

synonym: control.

Roget 751: restraint; hindrance etc. 706; coercion etc. (compulsion) 744; cohibition, constraint, repression, suppression; discipline, control.    ... show more

Dutch: remming

3 restraint

The state of being physically constrained:
— Dogs should be kept under restraint.

synonym: constraint.

Roget 744: compulsion, coercion, coaction, constraint, duress, enforcement, press, conscription.    force; brute force, main force, physical force; the sword, ultima ratio [Lat.]; ... show more

4 restraint

A rule or condition that limits freedom.

5 restraint

Lack of ornamentation:
— The room was simply decorated with great restraint.

synonyms: chasteness, simpleness, simplicity.

Dutch: eenvoud
Polish: oszczędność, prostota, niewymyślność, prostość

6 restraint

A device that retards something's motion:
— The car did not have proper restraints fitted.

synonym: constraint.


Moby thesaurus: Atticism, Oregon boat, abnegation, absolutism, abstinence, aloofness, aplomb, appropriateness, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, assurance, backwardness, balance, ban, bashfulness, bilbo, blankness, block, blockage ... show more.

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