Word Meanings - RESTRAINMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of restraining.

Related words: (words related to RESTRAINMENT)

• RESTRAINABLE
  Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
• RESTRAINEDLY
  With restraint. Hammond.
• RESTRAIN
  restringere, restrictum; pref. re- re- + stringere to draw, bind, or 1. To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down;
• RESTRAINMENT
  The act of restraining.
• RESTRAINT
  1. The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental. No man was altogether above the restrains of law, and no man altogether below
• RESTRAINER
  One who, or that which, restrains.
• UNRESTRAINT
  Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.
• SELF-RESTRAINED
  Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.
• SELF-RESTRAINT
  Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.