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- Dictionaryre·straint/rəˈstrānt/
noun
- 1. a measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control or within limits: "decisions are made within the financial restraints of the budget"
- 2. unemotional, dispassionate, or moderate behavior; self-control: "he urged the protesters 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.
- Znaczenie Restraint, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
RESTRAINT definicja: 1. calm and controlled behaviour: 2....
- English (US)
RESTRAINT meaning: 1. calm and controlled behaviour: 2....
- Restraint: Portuguese Translation
RESTRAINT translate: entrave, restrição, limitação,...
- Restraint: Italian Translation
restraint translate: controllo, riserbo, restrizione,...
- Restraint: Korean Translation
restraint translate: 자제, 규제. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Wage Restraint
WAGE RESTRAINT definition: the act of reducing the rate of...
- Restraint in Traditional Chinese
RESTRAINT translate: 克制；平心靜氣；冷靜, 阻止；抑制，遏制. Learn more in the...
- Restraint in Polish
RESTRAINT translate: powściągliwość, umiar, ograniczenie,...
- Znaczenie Restraint, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
Restraint is an act or state of restraining, or a device that restricts movement. It can also mean control over one's emotions or thoughts. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases.
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."
Restraint definition: a restraining action or influence. See examples of RESTRAINT used in a sentence.
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.
Learn the meaning of restrain, a verb that means to prevent, limit, or control something or someone. See synonyms, examples, word history, and legal and kids definitions of restrain.
Restraint is a noun that means a rule, a fact, an idea, etc. that limits or controls what people can do. It can also mean the act of controlling or limiting something, the quality of behaving calmly and with control, or the use of physical force to control somebody.
