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noun
- 1. a measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control: "decisions are made within the financial restraints of the budget"
- 2. unemotional, dispassionate, or moderate behaviour; self-control: "he urged the protestors to exercise restraint" Similar Opposite
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RESTRAINT definition: 1. calm and controlled behaviour: 2. something that limits the freedom of someone or something, or…. Learn more.
The meaning of RESTRAINT is an act of restraining : the state of being restrained. How to use restraint in a sentence.
Restraint of something is the act of preventing it from increasing too much or from being done freely. [ formal ] For a year and a half, wage restraint on a voluntary basis worked.
noun. /rɪˈstreɪnt/ [countable, usually plural] restraint (on somebody/something) a rule, a fact, an idea, etc. that limits or controls what people can do. The government has imposed export restraints on some products. social restraints on drinking alcohol.
Restraint is the act of holding something back. For example, if you exercise restraint over your emotions, you won't burst out into tears in public.
restraint (somewhat 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 new law has imposed restraints on exports to Russia.
There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun restraint, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
RESTRAINT meaning: 1 : a way of limiting, controlling, or stopping something usually plural often + on; 2 : a device that limits a person's movement.
RESTRAINT definition: 1. control over your feelings 2. a control on something: . Learn more.
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