restraint :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade"

n. a rule or condition that limits freedom; "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports"

n. discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"

constraint, restraint

n. the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be kept under restraint"

chasteness, restraint, simplicity, simpleness

n. lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"

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discipline

n. training to improve strength or self-control

forbearance

n. a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming"

retention, keeping, holding

n. the act of retaining something

hindrance, hinderance, interference

n. the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

handcuff, cuff, handlock, manacle

n. shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

straitjacket

n. anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines; "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket"

barrier

n. a structure or object that impedes free movement

lid

n. a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.; "he raised the piano lid"

cork, bottle cork

n. the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)

Cork

n. a port city in southern Ireland

stopper

n. (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit; "if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump"

obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta

n. any structure that makes progress difficult

austerity, asceticism, nonindulgence

n. the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

abstinence, abstention

n. the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)

continence, continency

n. the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters

composure, calm, calmness, equanimity

n. steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"

reserve, reticence, taciturnity

n. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

frigidity, frigidness

n. sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse

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unrestraint

n. the quality of lacking restraint

abandon, wantonness, unconstraint

n. the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"

impatience

n. a dislike of anything that causes delay

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