restraint

n.

1. The act of restraining or the condition of being restrained.
2. Loss or abridgment of freedom.
3. An influence that inhibits or restrains; a limitation.
4. An instrument or a means of restraining.
5. Control or repression of feelings; constraint.

[Middle English restreinte, from Old French restrainte, from feminine past participle of restraindre, to restrain. See restrain.]

noun

1. The act of limiting or condition of being limited: circumscription, confinement, constraint, limitation, restriction. See limited/unlimited.
2. Something that limits or restricts: check, circumscription, constraint, cramp², curb, inhibition, limit, limitation, restriction, stricture, trammel. See limited/unlimited.
3. An instrument or means of restraining: bit², brake, bridle, leash, snaffle. See restraint/unrestraint.
4. Something that physically confines the legs or arms: bond, chain (used in plural), fetter, handcuff (often used in plural), hobble, iron (used in plural), manacle, shackle. Archaic gyve. See free/unfree.
5. The keeping of one's thoughts and emotions to oneself: control, reserve, reticence, self-control, self-restraint, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness. See restraint/unrestraint.

n

Definition: limitation; something which holds
Antonyms: excess, freedom, indulgence, liberation

n

Definition: self-control
Antonyms: abandon, agitation, arousal, excess, indulgence, wildness

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n

Any one of a number of devices used in aiding the immobilization of patients, especially children in traction.

Control of an animal so that it can be examined or treated.

• r. bag — see feline restraint bag.
• r. cage — see squeeze cage.
• chemical r. — tranquilizers, sedatives and anesthetics are used depending on the wildness of the animal. See also blow dart.
• diversionary r. — use of various techniques to distract the animal and permit minimal physical restraint, usually used on horses. Examples are tapping or rubbing the head, using a blindfold, pressure on a skin fold, holding an ear, applying a chain shank over the bridge of the nose and use of a war bridle.
• physical r. — includes everything from halters to casting harness for horses, from hog-holders to dog-catchers.

Quotes:

"Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice. These are the things that form the education of the world." - Edmund Burke

"There are limits to self-indulgence, none to restraint." - Mahatma Gandhi

"Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it." - Sir John Lubbock

"It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty." - John Ruskin

"Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?" - Seneca

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Common misspelling(s) of restraint

• restraunt

Dansk (Danish)
n. - tvang, indespærring, tilbageholdelse, begrænsning

Nederlands (Dutch)
terughoudendheid, beperking, soberheid, controle

Français (French)
n. - mesure, sobriété, contrainte, restriction, contention, limitation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Einschränkung, Selbstbeherrschung, Zurückhaltung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συγκράτηση, ανάσχεση, έλεγχος, χαλιναγώγηση, περιστολή, κράτηση, περιορισμός, χαλινός, δεσμός

Italiano (Italian)
autocontrollo, moderazione, frugalitý, riserbo, ritegno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - restrição (f), limitação (f)

Русский (Russian)
ограничение, лишения, сдержанность, безудержно

Español (Spanish)
n. - limitación, restricción, moderación, reserva, dominio de sí mismo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - återhållande, tvång, inspärrning, återhållsamhet, ofrihet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
抑制, 控制, 克制, 阻止

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 抑制, 控制, 克制, 阻止

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 제지 , 금지, 자제

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 制止, 抑制, 拘束, 抑制力, 抑制手段, 気兼ね, 慎み

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كبح, كبت, تقييد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ריסון, איפוק, כליאה, מעצור, כבל, הגבלה, שליטה עצמית, בלימה‬

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