Word Meanings - STINTANCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Restraint; stoppage.

Related words: (words related to STINTANCE)

• STOPPAGE
  The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.
• 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
• UNRESTRAINT
  Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.
• SELF-RESTRAINT
  Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.