restraint   (Sound)

The noun restraint has 6 senses

• restraint -- (the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade")


• restraint, control -- (discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself")


• constraint, restraint -- (the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be kept under restraint")


• restraint -- (a rule or condition that limits freedom; "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports")


• chasteness, restraint, simplicity, simpleness -- (lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint")


• restraint, constraint -- (a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted")