restraint en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈstɹeɪnt/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English restreynte, from Old French restreinte; more at restrain.
Meanings
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(countable) Something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures.
At the centre of Stalin’s superiority over his competitors was certainly his intense will, just as Napoleon ranked what he called ‘moral fortitude’ higher in a general than genius or experience. When Milovan Djilas said to Stalin during the Yugoslav-Soviet discussions in Moscow during the war that the Serbian politician Gavrilović was ‘a shrewd man’, Stalin commented, as though to himself: ‘Yes, there are politicians who think shrewdness is the main thing in politics. . . .’⁴⁴ His was a will-power taken to a logical extreme. There is something non-human about his almost total lack of normal restraints upon it.
1968, Robert Conquest, “The Purge Begins”, in The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties, Macmillan Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 75:Make sure all the restraints are tight.
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(uncountable) Control or caution; reserve.
Try to exercise restraint when talking to your boss.
City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.
November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, “Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United”, in guardian.co.uk:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| restraints | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
prior restraint · self-restraint · supplemental restraint system · chemical restraint · nonrestraint · child restraint · restraint of trade · judicial restraint · head restraint · unrestraint · restraintful · restraintless
Relateds
restrain · restrict · constraint
Synonyms
Translations (79)
ca reserva (control or caution) · th ความยับยั้งชั่งใจ (control or caution) · cy ymatal (control or caution) · bg закрепване (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · ca moderació (control or caution) · gd amaladh (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · ca domini de si (control or caution) · ru сде́рживание (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · cy atalfa (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · cy cyfyngiad (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · de Zurückhaltung (control or caution) · it remora (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · cy ffrwyn (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · pl opanowanie (control or caution) · bg сдържаност (control or caution) · ja 我慢 (control or caution) · de Gebundenheit (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · nl beperking (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · it contegno (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · ru ограниче́ние (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · ang forhæfednes (control or caution) · th การยับยั้งชั่งใจ (control or caution) · fi pidäke (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · gd bacadh (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · fi side (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · kk ұстамдылық (control or caution) · fr contention (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · nl zelfbeheersing (control or caution) · la abstinentia (control or caution) · ota باصقی (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · pt amarra (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · ca retenció (control or caution) · it ritegni (control or caution) · fi harkinta (control or caution) · de Einschränkung (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · ru сде́ржанность (control or caution) · ca refrenament (control or caution) · fi maltti (control or caution) · bg ограничение (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · it limitazione (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · ca reteniment (control or caution) · cs připoutání (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · fr retenue (control or caution) · de Befestigung (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · de Beschränkung (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · lt santūrumas (control or caution) · fi itsehillintä (control or caution) · pl ograniczenie (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · de Zwängung (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · de Auflage (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · nl beheersing (control or caution) · de Verhinderung (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · de Hemmung (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · cs pouta (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · de Zwang (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · de Beherrschung (control or caution) · oc resèrva (control or caution) · wa tinaedje-astok (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · eo sindeteno (control or caution) · cmn 限制 (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · de Kontrolle (control or caution) · ca retinguda (control or caution) · de Hemmnis (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · gd casg (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · de Selbstbeherrschung (control or caution) · de Zurückhaltung (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · it ritegno (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · cs spoutání (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · kk ұстам (control or caution) · fi pidättyväisyys (control or caution) · de Zügelung (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · hu önuralom (control or caution) · fr refrènement (control or caution) · de Behinderung (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · it ritegno (control or caution) · de Verbot (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · ga srianadh (control or caution) · nl inhouding (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures) · cmn 克制 (control or caution)