restraint
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
restraint/rɪˈstreɪnt/
▶noun
- 1 the action of restraining.
■ a measure or condition that restrains.
■ a device which limits or prevents freedom of movement.
- 2 self-control.
'restraint' also found in these Oxford entries:
abandon
- Biedermeier
- check
- classicism
- continent
- dharna
- discharge
- extravagant
- fetter
- incontinent
- inhibition
- laissez-aller
- leg iron
- licence
- Malthusian
- pranayama
- restraint of trade
- rip
- self-restraint
- slip
- temper
- temperate
- unfetter
- uninhibited
- unleash
- unstinting
- wallow
- watch
- wild
- will
