See restraint in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{ "forms": [ { "form": "restraint", "tags": [ "singular" ] }, { "form": "restraints", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "expansion": "[POS TABLE]", "name": "noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Uncountable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "text": "You already ate too much cake. Now please show some restraint." } ], "glosses": [ "Restraint is the quality people show when they don't do something they shouldn't do." ], "raw_tags": [ "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "Countable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "text": "A baby needs the right kind of restraint to ride safely in a car." } ], "glosses": [ "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." ], "raw_tags": [ "countable" ] }, { "categories": [ "Countable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "text": "A legal restraint prevents him from going to meet his ex-girlfriend." } ], "glosses": [ "A restraint is something that stops people from doing something." ], "raw_tags": [ "countable" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/rɪˈstreɪnt/" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-restraint.wav", "tags": [ "UK" ] } ], "word": "restraint" }
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