restraint
/ɹɪˈstɹeɪnt/
restraint noun: something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures.
Noun
restraint (countable and uncountable, plural restraints)
- Something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures.
- Make sure all the restraints are tight.
- At the centre of Stalin’s superiority over his competitors was certainly his intense will, just as Napoleon ranked what he called ‘moral fortitude’ higher in a general than genius or experience. When Milovan Djilas said to Stalin during the Yugoslav-Soviet discussions in Moscow during the war that...1968, Robert Conquest, “The Purge Begins”, in The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties, Macmillan Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 75
- Synonyms:
- fetter
- Control or caution; reserve.
- Try to exercise restraint when talking to your boss.
- City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, “Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United”, in guardian.co.uk
- Synonyms:
- withstraint
restraint meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
restraint in Hindi
- restraint, self-control, discipline
- संयम sanyam
- restraint, control
- दबाव dabāv
restraint in Tamil
- கட்டுப்படுத்தல், கட்டுப்பாடு, தடுப்புக்காப்பு, தடை, தன்னடக்கம், கட்டுப்படுத்துதல்
restraint in Marathi
- restraint, confinement
- निरोध nirodh
- restraint, self-control
- संयम saiyam
restraint in Urdu
- امتناع, پرہیز, قید, روک تھام, ضبط
More languagesFewer languages
- restraint in Bengali
- বন্ধন bondhon
- restraint in Malayalam
- അടക്കം aṭakkaṁ, ഉപരോധം uparōdhaṁ
- restraint in Kannada
- ತಡೆತ, ಆಪು, ಅಡ್ಡಿ, ಹತೋಟಿ
- restraint in Punjabi
- ਜ਼ਬਤ zabat
- restraint in Gujarati
- સંયમ
- restraint in Odia
- ସଂଯମ, ସଂଯମତା
- restraint in Sanskrit
- यति yáti, संयम saṃyama, याम yā́ma, यन्त्र yantrá
- restraint in Thai
- การยับยั้งชั่งใจ, ความยับยั้งชั่งใจ
Examples of restraint in a sentence
- Judge Gilligan has been held up as a shining example of judicial restraint.
- Although severely provoked, she showed admirable restraint in not retaliating.
- We urge the exercise of patience and restraint.
Synonyms of restraint
Forms of restraint
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Origin of restraint
From Middle English restreynte, from Old French restreinte; more at restrain.
Words formed from restraint
Phrases with restraint
Words that rhyme with restraint
Questions about restraint
- What does restraint mean?
- Restraint means something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures.
- What is restraint in Hindi?
- Restraint in Hindi is संयम (sanyam), दबाव (dabāv). See Restraint meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is restraint?
- Restraint is a noun.
- How do you pronounce restraint?
- Restraint is pronounced /ɹɪˈstɹeɪnt/.
- What is the plural of restraint?
- The plural of restraint is restraints.
Words near restraint in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: restraint (page history and authors); दबाव (Hindi) (page history and authors); restraint (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); निरोध (Marathi) (page history and authors); restraint (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বন্ধন (Bengali) (page history and authors); അടക്കം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); restraint (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜ਼ਬਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); restraint (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); restraint (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); यति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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