Definitions for restraint

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restraint re·straint

Spelling: [ri-streynt]

IPA: /rɪˈstreɪnt/

Restraint is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 518 anagrams from letters in restraint (aeinrrstt).

Definitions for restraint

noun

1. a restraining action or influence:
2. Sometimes, restraints. a means of or device for restraining, as a harness for the body.
3. the act of restraining, holding back, controlling, or checking.
4. the state or fact of being restrained; deprivation of liberty; confinement.
5. constraint or reserve in feelings, behavior, etc.

Origin of restraint

1350-1400; Middle English restreinte Middle French restrainte, noun use of feminine past participle of restraindre to restrain

Examples for restraint

But an injured Israeli spirit is not one known for restraint.

Yet responses so far have been muted, with some activists calling for restraint.

So this part of my restraint was doubtless a stretch of the authority given him.

And that there can be nothing more painful than the restraint under which I am kept?

And this idea of restraint was preying upon him, and he could not throw it off.

Even the provocateurs, it would seem, recognize the need for some restraint.

The restraint is banned according to NYPD regulations but it is not illegal.

He would have probably done both in much the same way: with elegance and restraint, yet radically.

And so great was his delight that he cast aside all restraint.

He cast a glance about him, his eye, avid with curiosity, held rigidly in restraint.