Restraint Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭ-strānt
The act of limiting or condition of being limited
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. circumscription
  2. confinement
  3. restriction
  4. constraint
  5. limitation
An influence that checks or hinders
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. limitation
  2. constraint
  3. check
  4. curb
  5. restriction
  6. abridgment
  7. confinement
  8. hindrance
  9. repression
  10. duress
  11. discipline
  12. inhibition
  13. rein
  14. moderation
  15. deprivation
  16. reduction
  17. decrease
  18. prohibition
  19. circumscription
  20. barrier
  21. obstacle
  22. obstruction
  23. bar
  24. abstinence
  25. cramp
  26. blockade
  27. circumspection
  28. order
  29. command
  30. instruction
  31. coercion
  32. continence
  33. impediment
  34. control
  35. compulsion
  36. force
  37. durance
  38. violence
  39. limit
  40. deterrence
  41. embargo
  42. deterrent
  43. fetter
  44. assignment
  45. definition
  46. prescription
  47. interdiction
  48. leash
  49. tempering
  50. limbo
  51. qualifying
  52. lid
  53. manacle
  54. stricture
  55. monopoly
  56. prevention
  57. trammel
  58. prudence
  59. retention
  60. sanction
  61. shackle
  62. suppression
  63. temperance
Antonyms:
  1. liberty
  2. excess
  3. license
  4. incitement
  5. indulgence
An instrument or means of restraining
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bit
  2. brake
  3. bridle
  4. leash
  5. snaffle
A device that restrains; often plural
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bonds
  2. bond
  3. chain
  4. fetter
  5. fetters
  6. handcuff
  7. hobble
  8. iron
  9. manacle
  10. straitjacket
  11. shackle
  12. gyve
Antonyms:
  1. freedom
  2. liberation

Words Related to Restraint

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Restraint Sentence Examples

  • She sensed his restraint break.

  • Her father never would've shown such restraint.

  • On the whole he ruled well, his difficult position serving as some restraint upon his natural inclinations.

  • Recourse was had to legislation in restraint of free speech and public meeting.

  • The pope, Pius VII., who had long been kept under restraint by Napoleon at Fontainebleau, returned to Rome in May 1814, and was recognized by the congress of Vienna (not without some demur on the part of Austria) as the sovereign of all the former possessions of the Holy See.

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