"restraint" meaning in All languages combined

See restraint on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /rɪˈstreɪnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-restraint.wav [UK] Forms: restraint [singular], restraints [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Restraint is the quality people show when they don't do something they shouldn't do.
    Sense id: simple-restraint-en-noun-kTp~458c
  2. A restraint is a strap or other thing that holds a person in place, like a seatbelt in a car or handcuffs that the police use to hold someone.
    Sense id: simple-restraint-en-noun-jOACSETU
  3. A restraint is something that stops people from doing something.
    Sense id: simple-restraint-en-noun-WCMRwQB1
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        {
          "text": "You already ate too much cake. Now please show some restraint."
        }
      ],
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        "Restraint is the quality people show when they don't do something they shouldn't do."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A baby needs the right kind of restraint to ride safely in a car."
        }
      ],
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        "A restraint is a strap or other thing that holds a person in place, like a seatbelt in a car or handcuffs that the police use to hold someone."
      ],
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A legal restraint prevents him from going to meet his ex-girlfriend."
        }
      ],
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        "A restraint is something that stops people from doing something."
      ],
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    }
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      "ipa": "/rɪˈstreɪnt/"
    },
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        {
          "text": "You already ate too much cake. Now please show some restraint."
        }
      ],
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        "Restraint is the quality people show when they don't do something they shouldn't do."
      ],
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A baby needs the right kind of restraint to ride safely in a car."
        }
      ],
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        "A restraint is a strap or other thing that holds a person in place, like a seatbelt in a car or handcuffs that the police use to hold someone."
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A legal restraint prevents him from going to meet his ex-girlfriend."
        }
      ],
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      "ipa": "/rɪˈstreɪnt/"
    },
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      ]
    }
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