Etymology
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From Middle English restreynte, from Old French restreinte; more at restrain.
Pronunciation
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restraint (countable and uncountable, plural restraints)
- (countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures
Make sure all the restraints are tight.
- (uncountable) control or caution; reserve
Try to exercise restraint when talking to your boss.
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Translations
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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
- Ottoman Turkish: باصقی (baskı)
- 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)
- Welsh: please add this translation if you can
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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: refrènement (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
- Welsh: please add this translation if you can
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