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noun (n)

• the act of controlling by restraining someone or something(noun.act)

  Example:
  The unlawful restraint of trade.
  

  source: wordnet30
• discipline in personal and social activities(noun.attribute)

  Example:
  He was a model of polite restraint.
  

  Synonym:
  control
  Antonym:
  unrestraint
  

  source: wordnet30
• the state of being physically constrained(noun.state)

  Example:
  Dogs should be kept under restraint.
  

  Synonym:
  constraint
  

  source: wordnet30
• a rule or condition that limits freedom(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  Legal restraints.
  Restraints imposed on imports.
  

  source: wordnet30
• lack of ornamentation(noun.attribute)

  Example:
  The room was simply decorated with great restraint.
  

  Synonym:
  chasteness, simpleness, simplicity
  

  source: wordnet30
• a device that retards something's motion(noun.artifact)

  Example:
  The car did not have proper restraints fitted.
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental.(noun)

  source: webster1913