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restraint

noun
/ɹɪˈstɹeɪnt/

Etymology

From Middle English restreynte, from Old French restreinte; more at restrain.

  1. derived from restreinte
  2. inherited from restreynte

Definitions

  1. Something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures.

    • Make sure all the restraints are tight.

  2. Control or caution

    Control or caution; reserve.

    • Try to exercise restraint when talking to your boss.
    • City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.

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Derived

chemical restraint, child restraint, head restraint, judicial restraint, nonrestraint, prior restraint, restraintful, restraintless, restraint of trade, self-restraint, supplemental restraint system, unrestraint

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at restraint. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01restraint02restrains03restrain04check05control06dictate07command08dispose09distribute10deliver

A definitional loop anchored at restraint. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at restraint

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA