Synonyms 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.

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

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. restraintnoun

   the act of controlling by restraining someone or something

   "the unlawful restraint of trade"

   Synonyms:
   control, constraint, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

2. restraint, controlnoun

   discipline in personal and social activities

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

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

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

3. constraint, restraintnoun

   the state of being physically constrained

   "dogs should be kept under restraint"

   Synonyms:
   control, constraint, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

4. restraintnoun

   a rule or condition that limits freedom

   "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports"

   Synonyms:
   control, constraint, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

5. chasteness, restraint, simplicity, simplenessnoun

   lack of ornamentation

   "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"

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

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

6. restraint, constraintnoun

   a device that retards something's motion

   "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"

   Synonyms:
   control, constraint, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

Matched Categories

1. • Control
   • Device
   • Plainness
   • Restriction

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. restraintnoun

   Synonyms:
   check, curb, repression, bridle, suppression, constraint, CRAMP, prohibition, hold-back

2. restraintnoun

   Synonyms:
   hinderance, prevention

3. restraintnoun

   Synonyms:
   limitation, restriction, imprisonment, confinement

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. restraintnoun

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "restraint":

   moderation, self-control, self-restraint, withholding, deduction, holdback, tie-down, restriction, containment, retention, restraining, constraint, reticence, restrictions, coercion, limitation, impoundment, austerity, chosen

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1. Ben Ginsberg:

   Supreme Court has made clear that partisan gerrymanders are not justiciable, if [ the Alabama dispute ] portends Voting Rights Act, then that restraint on gerrymandering is gone. That would leave little but state law grounds to stop gerrymanderers from implementing their most creative thoughts.

2. Kenneth Juster:

   The restraint in mentioning China in any US-India communication or any Quad communication comes from Indian Ocean, which is very concerned about not poking China in the eye.

3. Marquis de Sade:

   Sex is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other.

4. Mike DeBard:

   In general, the best guidelines are to make them safe and yourself safe, and to minimize restraint as they undergo getting medical help.

5. Jane Austen, Mansfield Park:

   In all the important preparations of the mind she was complete: being prepared for matrimony by an hatred of home, restraint, and tranquillity; by the misery of disappointed affection, and contempt of the man she was to marry.