Another word for restraint
restraint
n.
Control over oneself
self-restraint, control, self-control, reserve, reticence, constraint, artistic economy, withholding, caution, coolness, forbearance, silence, secretiveness, stress repression, self-government, undemonstrativeness, stiffness, formality, abstinence, moderation, temperance, self-denial, self-repression, unnaturalness, constrained manner, inhibition, abstemiousness, abstention, self-discipline, self-censorship.
An influence that checks or hinders
repression, deprivation, limitation, hindrance, abridgment, reduction, decrease, prohibition, confinement, check, barrier, obstacle, obstruction, restriction, bar, curb, rein, blockade, order, command, instruction, coercion, impediment, compulsion, duress, force, violence, deterrence, deterrent, discipline, assignment, definition, prescription, moderation, tempering, qualifying, lid*; see also limitation 1, 2.
A device that restrains; often plural
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Another word for restraint
The act of limiting or condition of being limited:
circumscription, confinement, constraint, limitation, restriction. See limitedSomething that limits or restricts:
check, circumscription, constraint, cramp2, curb, inhibition, limit, limitation, restriction, stricture, trammel. See limitedAn instrument or means of restraining:
bit2, brake, bridle, leash, snaffle. See restraintSomething that physically confines the legs or arms:
bond, chain (used in plural), fetter, handcuff (often used in plural), hobble, iron (used in plural), manacle, shackle. (Archaic) gyve. See freeThe keeping of one's thoughts and emotions to oneself:
control, reserve, reticence, self-control, self-restraint, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness. See restraint
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