The meaning of RESTRAINT is an act of restraining : the state of being restrained. How to use restraint in a sentence.

RESTRAINT definition: 1. calm and controlled behaviour: 2. something that limits the freedom of someone or something, or…. Learn more.

Restraint definition: a restraining action or influence.. See examples of RESTRAINT used in a sentence.

Restraint is the act of holding something back. For example, if you exercise restraint over your emotions, you won't burst out into tears in public.

Restraint is calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour. They behaved with more restraint than I'd expected. I'll speak to the staff and ask them to exercise restraint and common sense. …

a device that restrains, such as a harness:[countable] a child restraint for use in the car. reserve in feelings, behavior, etc.:[uncountable] speaking with restraint.

Definition of restraint noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun restraint, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

1. the ability to control or moderate one's impulses, passions, etc: to show restraint.

Synonyms for RESTRAINT: discipline, repression, inhibition, suppression, composure, constraint, self-control, discretion; Antonyms of RESTRAINT: incontinence, disinhibition, indulgence, …