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- Dictionaryrestraint/rɪˈstreɪnt/
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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something that limits the freedom of someone or something, or that prevents something from growing or increasing: government spending restraints. Lack of space is the main restraint on the firm's expansion plans. During the recession, the government opted for a policy of pay / wage restraint rather than a reduction in public investment. Synonyms.
1. a. : an act of restraining : the state of being restrained. b (1) : a means of restraining : a restraining force or influence. (2) : a device that restricts movement. a restraint for children riding in cars. 2. : a control over the expression of one's emotions or thoughts. Synonyms. constraint. continence. discipline. discretion. inhibition.
Restraint definition: a restraining action or influence. See examples of RESTRAINT used in a sentence.
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. As you may have guessed from its similar spelling, the word restraint comes from the verb restrain, which in turn comes from the Latin word restringere, meaning "draw back tightly, confine, check."
A restraint is also something that exists: it can exist outside yourself, as the result of somebody else’s decision; but it can also exist inside you, as a fear of what other people may think or as your own feeling about what is acceptable: moral/ social/ cultural restraints.
Restraint is calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour. They behaved with more restraint than I'd expected. I'll speak to the staff and ask them to exercise restraint and common sense. Synonyms: self-control, self-discipline, self-restraint, self-possession More Synonyms of restraint.
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]
