restraint

English

Etymology

From Middle English restreynte, from Old French restreinte; more at restrain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈstɹeɪnt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪnt

Noun

restraint (countable and uncountable, plural restraints)

1. (countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures

   Make sure all the restraints are tight.

2. (uncountable) control or caution; reserve

   Try to exercise restraint when talking to your boss.

   • November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, “Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United”, in guardian.co.uk:

     City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.

Related terms

• constraint
• restrain
• restrict

Translations

something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures

• Bulgarian: закрепване n (zakrepvane), ограничение (bg) n (ograničenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 限制 (zh) (xiànzhì)

• Czech: připoutání n, spoutání n, pouta (cs) n pl
• Dutch: beperking (nl),inhouding (nl),
• Finnish: side (fi), pidäke (fi)
• French: contention (fr) f (to secure manipulation on animals)
• German: Beschränkung (de) f, Zügelung f, Einschränkung (de) f, Zwang (de) m, Befestigung (de) f, Zurückhaltung (de) f, Hemmung (de) f, Verbot (de) n, Hemmnis (de) n, Behinderung (de) f, Auflage (de) f, Verhinderung (de) f, Gebundenheit f, Zwängung f
• Italian: limitazione (it), ritegno (it) m, contegno (it) m, remora (it) f
• Polish: ograniczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: amarra (pt) f
• Russian: ограниче́ние (ru) n (ograničénije), сде́рживание (ru) n (sdérživanije)
• Scottish Gaelic: amaladh m, bacadh m, casg m
• Spanish: restricción (es) f, limitación (es) f
• Walloon: tinaedje-astok m (to secure manipulation on animals)

control or caution; reserve

• Bulgarian: сдържаност (bg) f (sdǎržanost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克制 (zh) (kèzhì)

• Dutch: zelfbeheersing (nl), beheersing (nl)
• Finnish: itsehillintä (fi), maltti (fi), pidättyväisyys (fi), harkinta (fi)
• French: frein (fr) m, retenue (fr) f
• German: Zurückhaltung (de) f, Beherrschung (de) f, Kontrolle (de) f, Selbstbeherrschung (de) f
• Hungarian: önuralom (hu)
• Irish: srianadh m
• Italian: ritegno (it) m, ritegni m pl
• Japanese: 我慢 (ja) (がまん, gaman)
• Latin: abstinentia f
• Lithuanian: santūrumas m
• Occitan: resèrva (oc) f
• Polish: opanowanie (pl) n
• Russian: сде́ржанность (ru) f (sdéržannostʹ)
• Spanish: reserva (es) f, moderación (es) f, autocontrol (es) m, autodominio m

Anagrams

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