restraint
ri straynt
- n the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
the unlawful restraint of trade - n discipline in personal and social activities
he was a model of polite restraint - n the state of being physically constrained
dogs should be kept under restraint - n a rule or condition that limits freedom
legal restraints
restraints imposed on imports - n lack of ornamentation
the room was simply decorated with great restraint - n a device that retards something's motion
the car did not have proper restraints fitted
- How unrecognizable that restraint seems now, and how prescient the Star's words.
- But after April 1968, Daley criticized his police for their restraint and urged them to shoot to kill arsonists and maim looters.
- An unexpected atmosphere of sweetness and restraint has fallen on Turkey's landscape of savage political warfare, and no Turk can imagine how long it will last.