"restraint" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈstɹeɪnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-restraint.wav Forms: restraints [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪnt Etymology: From Middle English restreynte, from Old French restreinte; more at restrain. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*streyg-}}, {{inh|en|enm|restreynte}} Middle English restreynte, {{der|en|fro|restreinte}} Old French restreinte Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} restraint (countable and uncountable, plural restraints)
  1. (countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures Tags: countable Translations (something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures): закрепване (zakrepvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ограничение (ograničenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 限制 (xiànzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), připoutání [neuter] (Czech), spoutání [neuter] (Czech), pouta [neuter, plural] (Czech), beperking (Dutch), inhouding (Dutch), side (Finnish), pidäke (Finnish), contention (english: to secure manipulation on animals) [feminine] (French), Beschränkung [feminine] (German), Zügelung [feminine] (German), Einschränkung [feminine] (German), Zwang [masculine] (German), Befestigung [feminine] (German), Zurückhaltung [feminine] (German), Hemmung [feminine] (German), Verbot [neuter] (German), Hemmnis [neuter] (German), Behinderung [feminine] (German), Auflage [feminine] (German), Verhinderung [feminine] (German), Gebundenheit [feminine] (German), Zwängung [feminine] (German), limitazione (Italian), ritegno [masculine] (Italian), contegno [masculine] (Italian), remora [feminine] (Italian), باصقی (baskı) (Ottoman Turkish), ograniczenie [neuter] (Polish), amarra [feminine] (Portuguese), ограниче́ние (ograničénije) [neuter] (Russian), сде́рживание (sdérživanije) [neuter] (Russian), amaladh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), bacadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), casg [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), restricción [feminine] (Spanish), limitación [feminine] (Spanish), tinaedje-astok (english: to secure manipulation on animals) [masculine] (Walloon)
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  2. (uncountable) control or caution; reserve Tags: uncountable Translations (control or caution; reserve): сдържаност (sdǎržanost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 克制 (kèzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), zelfbeheersing (Dutch), beheersing (Dutch), sindeteno (Esperanto), itsehillintä (Finnish), maltti (Finnish), pidättyväisyys (Finnish), harkinta (Finnish), refrènement [masculine] (French), retenue [feminine] (French), Zurückhaltung [feminine] (German), Beherrschung [feminine] (German), Kontrolle [feminine] (German), Selbstbeherrschung [feminine] (German), önuralom (Hungarian), srianadh [masculine] (Irish), ritegno [masculine] (Italian), ritegni [masculine, plural] (Italian), 我慢 (gaman) (alt: がまん) (Japanese), abstinentia [feminine] (Latin), santūrumas [masculine] (Lithuanian), resèrva [feminine] (Occitan), opanowanie [neuter] (Polish), сде́ржанность (sdéržannostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), reserva [feminine] (Spanish), moderación [feminine] (Spanish), autocontrol [masculine] (Spanish), autodominio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-restraint-en-noun-JyQ6ogqk Disambiguation of 'control or caution; reserve': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chemical restraint, child restraint, head restraint, judicial restraint, prior restraint, restraint of trade, self-restraint, supplemental restraint system Related terms: constraint, restrain, restrict

Inflected forms

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          "word": "ritegno"
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          "word": "remora"
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          "roman": "sdérživanije",
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          "sense": "something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures",
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          "sense": "something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "retenue"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zurückhaltung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beherrschung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kontrolle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Selbstbeherrschung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "word": "önuralom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "srianadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ritegno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ritegni"
    },
    {
      "alt": "がまん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gaman",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "word": "我慢"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abstinentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "santūrumas"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "resèrva"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "opanowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sdéržannostʹ",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сде́ржанность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reserva"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moderación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autocontrol"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "control or caution; reserve",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autodominio"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "restraint"
  ],
  "word": "restraint"
}

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