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[ri-streynt]

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noun

a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.

Sometimes, restraints. a means of or device for restraining, as a harness for the body.

the act of restraining, holding back, controlling, or checking.

the state or fact of being restrained; deprivation of liberty; confinement.

constraint or reserve in feelings, behavior, etc.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English restreinte < Middle French restrainte, noun use of feminine past participle of restraindre to restrain

Related forms

o·ver·re·straint, noun

pre·re·straint, noun

Synonyms
4. circumscription, restriction, imprisonment, incarceration.

Antonyms
4. liberty.

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Example Sentences

They also underwent physical therapy for several hours on weekdays, during which they wore the restraint.

Might be a good idea for more persons to exercise similar restraint.

America's initial response was simply to call on both the government and the demonstrators to show restraint.

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They also underwent physical therapy for several hours on weekdays, during which they wore the restraint.

Might be a good idea for more persons to exercise similar restraint.

America's initial response was simply to call on both the government and the demonstrators to show restraint.

She called for restraint and for the conference to adopt a learning culture.

Humans have typically exercised little or no restraint in their use of the earth¿s supplies and services.

Critter could get no leverage, that's why the lamp post restraint worked.

Hybrid teas and floribundas generally grow with more restraint.

Freedom of speech does not mean speech totally uninhibited by any legal restraint.

For less serious accidents, children in restraint systems fared better.

Some people feel no restraint when in possession of a credit card.

His humanity, courage, his restraint and his modesty makes us also to think about the human condition.

We've focused on the driver's space and what protects the driver: restraint systems, the seat, and the space around him.

We do not see moral restraint in the world, and degradation has resulted.

The engineers also experimented with a diagonal chest restraint.

US defense officials urged them to exercise restraint on the protesters.

What is striking about this patient is that he is the only one with a restraint.

The actual content is guided by two rules of restraint.

The colonel managed to hold out until now because he fights without restraint.

The confident all-time favorite doesn't know restraint.

It is our ability to defend ourselves that prevents that reality, not the moral/ethical restraint of our enemies.

Those who enjoy roadside fig hunting may be in paradise here, though the sport should be pursued with respect and restraint.

Marsch's timing and restraint here are impeccable, and his results are all the stronger for it.

Unable to handle behavior disorders, many schools use forcible restraint.

The article and commentaries are wonderful exercises in emotional restraint in a subject so charged with emotion.

Further restraint by consumers depends a lot on what happens to house prices.

Take responsibility for that choice and ensure that your dogs get the training and restraint they need to be safe.

Kudos to you for having the restraint to let him eat it.

Michael, after some of the combative language out in the forums, your measured restraint and effluence are so damn welcome.

It may be that prudence and restraint are heavy burdens and few are able to hold up under it.

And their habit of selling against unwarranted price rises can act as a restraint on bouts of irrational exuberance.

Yes, they can lay down because the restraint is actually a special harness which you attach to the seat belt.

So it is worrying that consumers are now showing some uncharacteristic restraint.

Moreover, as budget surpluses mount, support for continued fiscal restraint is likely to erode.

The worse the shunt, the better the new restraint does its job.

The absence of restraint encouraged a speculation whose growing sophistication matched its mounting lack of transparency.

As the global economy mends, such restraint is wearing off.

See how to do more with less by emphasizing open spaces, organic materials, and the beauty of restraint.

Our life depends on the courteous restraint of our genes.

The signs that something is amiss in our inner mechanisms of control and restraint are everywhere.

They had already endangered their own existence by refusing to adopt population restraint into their primary belief.

What the legislation actually seeks is some restraint on unchecked corporate power.

But this restraint only emphasizes the extraordinary nature of his experiences.

Compare european agreements for budgetary restraint with the value of the euro and the dollar.

In fact he has consistently admonished them to exercise restraint and not act out.

Such restraint might make our political culture healthier and more productive.

His restraint is all the more remarkable given the political incentive to abandon.

Testing companies have already demonstrated a great deal of restraint.

Getting criticism, yes, but no prior restraint because of anticipated reprisals3.

The recent restraint merely corrected that and allowed employment to grow once again.

Thank you for both on the one hand your empowering restraint and on the other your extraordinary diligence.

For now, the government has stuck to its pleas for pay restraint in both the public and private.

Taymor pretty much puts you on notice early on in the film that restraint is going out the window.

And the private sector may find it hard to push through another tough round of pay restraint.

Common sense, wartime relevancy, and fiscal restraint now figure more prominently in weaponeering.

Lacking any such restraint is year-on-year grade inflation across the board.

Fiscal restraint and sustained domestic demand have given the economy solidity.

Any restraint on what other people are forced to pay for their health care would amount to death panels.

Much of the credit restraint comes from nonbanks such as the captive finance-arms of carmakers.

Unless a significant and structural shift in remuneration at the top of organisations is adopted, recent restraint will fall away.

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World English Dictionary

restraint (rɪˈstreɪnt)

—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]

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Word Origin & History

restraint

"action of restraining," c.1400, from O.Fr. restrainte, prop. fem. pp. of restraindre (see restrain). Meaning "means of restraint" is recorded from early 15c.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

restraint re·straint (rĭ-strānt')
n.

An instrument or a means of restraint to prevent the infliction of harm to self or others, such as a straightjacket.
Control or repression of feelings; constraint.

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