Antonyms for restraint
rɪˈstreɪntre·straint

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1. restraint

   A bar is something that is or may be firmly fixed, ordinarily with intent to prevent entrance or egress; as, the bars of a prison cell; the bars of a wood-lot. A barrier obstructs, but is not necessarily impassable. Barrier is used of objects more extensive than those to which bar is ordinarily applied. A mountain range may be a barrier to exploration; but a mass of sand across the entrance to a harbor is called a bar. Discovered falsehood is a bar to confidence. Barricade has become practically a technical name for an improvised street fortification, and, unless in some way modified, is usually so understood. A parapet is a low or breast-high wall, as about the edge of a roof, terrace, etc., especially, in military use, such a wall for the protection of troops; a rampart is the embankment surrounding a fort, on which the parapet is raised; the word rampart is often used as including the parapet. Bulwark is a general word for any defensive wall or rampart; its only technical use at present is in nautical language, where it signifies the raised side of a ship above the upper deck, topped by the rail. Compare BOUNDARY; IMPEDIMENT.

   Antonyms:
   admittance, entrance, opening, passage, road, thoroughfare, transit, way

   Synonyms:
   bar, barricade, barrier, breastwork, bulwark, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, parapet, prohibition, rampart, restriction

   Preposition:
   A barrier to progress, against invasion; a barrier between nations.

Matched Categories

1. • Control
   • Device
   • Plainness
   • Restriction

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1. restraintnoun

   the act of controlling by restraining someone or something

   "the unlawful restraint of trade"

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

   Synonyms:
   control, constraint, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

2. restraint, controlnoun

   discipline in personal and social activities

   "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

   Synonyms:
   dominance, control condition, controller, mastery, ascendancy, command, control, ascendency, ascendance, simplicity, chasteness, constraint, ascendence, simpleness

3. constraint, restraintnoun

   the state of being physically constrained

   "dogs should be kept under restraint"

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

   Synonyms:
   control, constraint, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

4. restraintnoun

   a rule or condition that limits freedom

   "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports"

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

   Synonyms:
   control, constraint, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

5. chasteness, restraint, simplicity, simplenessnoun

   lack of ornamentation

   "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

   Synonyms:
   simple mindedness, simmpleness, control, ease, easiness, simplicity, chasteness, constraint, simpleness

6. restraint, constraintnoun

   a device that retards something's motion

   "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

   Synonyms:
   control, constraint, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

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1. restraintnoun

   Synonyms:
   repression, constraint, check, suppression, limitation, prevention, confinement, duress

How to use restraint in a sentence?

1. Darryn James:

   These destabilizing actions are inconsistent with the commitment by China and all claimants to exercise restraint from actions that could escalate disputes, that's why we've called for all claimants to stop land reclamation, stop construction and stop militarization in the South China Sea.

2. The Kentucky senator:

   It is hard for me not to use profanity in describing it, we should be using the leverage of the debt ceiling to actually enforce spending restraint.

3. Mike Koval:

   In light of so much things that have happened not just across the country, but in our own community, it's understandable that the reaction at the scene and of some of our citizens is extremely volatile, emotional and upsetting, and we understand that. That's absolutely appropriate under these circumstances. We would urge, obviously, that everyone exercise restraint.

4. Gregory Daco:

   With labor market conditions poised to cool further amid tighter financial conditions and growing financial market uncertainty likely to dampen households’ willingness to spend, we foresee soft consumer spending growth in coming quarters, recent data on household spending and credit growth indicate that we will likely see a K-shaped consumer spending pattern in 2023, with low- and median-income families exercising more spending restraint, and families at the higher of the income spectrum still spending, albeit with more discretion.

5. Ned Price:

   We call on Israeli and Palestinian officials to act decisively to deescalate tensions and bring a halt to the violence, it is absolutely critical that all sides exercise restraint, refrain from provocative actions and rhetoric, and preserve the historic status quo on the Haram al-Sharif / Temple Mount -- in word and in practice.

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