1. The act of controlling by restraining someone or something
   "the unlawful restraint of trade" 
2. Discipline in personal and social activities
   "he was a model of polite restraint"
   - control 
3. The state of being physically constrained
   "dogs should be kept under restraint"
   - constraint 
4. A rule or condition that limits freedom
   "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports" 
5. Lack of ornamentation
   "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"
   - chasteness, simplicity, simpleness 
6. A device that retards something's motion
   "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
   - constraint

Derived forms: restraints

See also: restrain

Type of: confinement, control, device, discipline, limitation, plainness, restriction

Antonym: unrestraint

Encyclopedia: Restraint Restraint, physical

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