restraint

/ɹɪstɹˈeɪnt/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the act of 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”
3. the state of being physically constrained
   “dogs should be kept under restraint”
4. a rule or condition that limits freedom
   “legal restraints”
5. lack of ornamentation
   “the room was simply decorated with great restraint”
6. a device that retards something's motion
   “the car did not have proper restraints fitted”

Synonyms for restraint

• control
• constraint
• chasteness
• simplicity
• simpleness

Antonyms of restraint

• unrestraint

Words that rhyme with restraint

• faint
• paint
• complaint
• saint
• acquaint
• constraint
• quaint
• taint
• feint
• repaint
• fingerpaint
• jonassaint