RESTRAINT


Meaning of RESTRAINT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪstreɪnt ]

( restraints)

1.

Restraints are rules or conditions that limit or restrict someone or something.

The Prime Minister is calling for new restraints on trade unions...

N-VAR : usu with supp , oft N on n

2.

Restraint is calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour.

They behaved with more restraint than I’d expected...

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