Definition of restraint

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Restraint (n.) That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction..

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Control :: Control (n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint..
Liberate :: Liberate (a.) To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate gases..
Mad :: Mad (superl.) Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform..
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy..
Reserve :: Reserve (n.) Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
Constrainable :: Constrainable (a.) Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint..
Repression :: Repression (n.) That which represses; check; restraint.
Stay :: Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
Curbless :: Curbless (a.) Having no curb or restraint.
Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations..
Fugitive :: Fugitive (a.) Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor..
Revel :: Revel (v. i.) To move playfully; to indulge without restraint.
Range :: Range (v. i.) To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.
Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo..
Holdback :: Holdback (n.) Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.
Runaway :: Runaway (n.) One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive..
Immodest :: Immodest (a.) Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc..
Quarantine :: Quarantine (n.) Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed..
Audacious :: Audacious (a.) Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent..
Controlment :: Controlment (n.) The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence.
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