Hypertext Webster Gateway: "restraint"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Restraint \Re*straint"\, n. [OF. restraincte, fr. restrainct, F.
restreint, p. p. of restraindre, restrendre. See {Restrain}.]
1. The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or
hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance
of the will, or of any action, physical or mental.
No man was altogether above the restrains of law,
and no man altogether below its protection.
--Macaulay.
2. The state of being restrained.
3. That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the
like; limitation; restriction.
For one restraint, lords of the world besides.
--Milton.
Syn: Repression; hindrance; check; stop; curb;?oercion;
confinement; limitation; restriction.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
restraint
n 1: the act controlling by restraining someone or something;
"the unlawful restraint of trade"
2: discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a
model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of
herself" [syn: {control}] [ant: {unrestraint}]
3: the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be
kept under restraint" [syn: {constraint}]
4: a rule or condition that limits freedom; "legal restraints";
"restraints imposed on imports"
5: lack of ornamentation [syn: {chasteness}, {simplicity}]
6: a device that stops something from moving; "the car did not
have proper restraints fitted" [syn: {constraint}]
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