Restraint
11restraint — noun 1 limit/control on sth ADJECTIVE ▪ voluntary ▪ agreements on voluntary export restraints ▪ conventional ▪ What happens when the conventional restraints on human cruelty are removed? ▪ …
12restraint — n. control act of restraining 1) to display, exercise, show restraint 2) to cast off, fling off, shake off (all) restraint 3) (legal) prior restraint 4) restraint in (they showed restraint in responding to the provocation) 5) in restraint of (in… …
13restraint — Confinement, abridgment, or limitation. Prohibition of action; holding or pressing back from action. Hindrance, confinement, or restriction of liberty. Obstruction, hindrance or destruction of trade or commerce. See restraint of trade stop. @… …
14Restraint — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Restraint >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 restraint restraint Sgm: N 1 hindrance hindrance &c. 706 Sgm: N 1 coercion coercion &c.(compulsion) 744 Sgm: N 1 cohibition cohibition constraint repression …
15restraint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of holding back Nouns 1. restraint, inhibition, repression, discipline, control, check, curb, rein; limitation, restriction; prohibition; monopoly. See circumscription, limit, subjection, retention,… …
16restraint — [[t]rɪstre͟ɪnt[/t]] restraints 1) N VAR: usu with supp, oft N on n Restraints are rules or conditions that limit or restrict someone or something. The Prime Minister is calling for new restraints on trade unions... With open frontiers and lax… …
17restraint */ — UK [rɪˈstreɪnt] / US noun Word forms restraint : singular restraint plural restraints 1) [uncountable] the limit or control of the expression of strong emotion or opinion The President sent a letter to both nations urging restraint. 2)… …
18restraint — re|straint [rıˈstreınt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: restreinte, from restreindre; RESTRAIN] 1.) [U] calm sensible controlled behaviour, especially in a situation when it is difficult to stay calm ▪ The police were praised for their… …
19restraint — re|straint [ rı streınt ] noun * 1. ) uncount the limit or control of the expression of strong emotion or opinion: The President sent a letter to both nations urging restraint. 2. ) count an act of limiting or controlling something, or a… …
20restraint — noun 1 (U) the ability not to do something that you very much want to do, because you know it is more sensible not to do it: The police were commended for their restraint in handling the disturbances. | show/exercise restraint: I think he showed… …
