RESTRAINT
\ɹɪstɹˈe͡ɪnt], \ɹɪstɹˈeɪnt], \ɹ_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n_t]\
Definitions of RESTRAINT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"
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discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"
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a rule or condition that limits freedom; "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports"
By Princeton University
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lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"
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a device that stops something from moving; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
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discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"
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the act controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade"
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a rule or condition that limits freedom; "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental.
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The state of being restrained.
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That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction.
By Oddity Software
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The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental.
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The state of being restrained.
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That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of restraining: state of being restrained: want of liberty: limitation: hinderance.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A restraining; restriction; imprisonment.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of checking or holding back.
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The state of being checked or controlled; specifically, the abridgment of liberty in the case of the insane. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of restraining;- abridgment of liberty; limitation; restriction; prohibition;— that which restrains;—obstacle or influence, physical, mental, moral, or social.
