restraint
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3.9
- noun
- /rɪˈstreɪnt/
:
restricción
- There is no doubt that prior restraint of publication implicates serious First Amendment scrutiny.
- restraints on trade
- legal restraints
- fiscal restraint
But but I also believe that restraints guide you to the solution.
- But but I also believe that restraints guide you to the solution.
- But I think the reoccurring theme was trying to find ways to test those restraints.
- It's anarchy within, within the constraints, within the absolute ironclad restraints.
- Why then the Supreme Court has said that there can be a prior restraint, an injunction against the speech, but not much.
- The, the idea of restraints, constrictions, restrictions, they only engender creativity as far as I'm concerned.
- I don't want to create more barriers and restraints for humanity.
- It's the same thing, you know, judicial restraint doesn't.
Examples
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With all land and water rights, and the rights to the clay pit, without restraint, forever.
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Do you really think these restraints are necessary?
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We are going to have to get a restraint order.
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There may be a time restraint here, so we just wanted to give you what we have now.
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So at this particular time the gap is closed and the restraint comes into action.
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This includes savings from further restraint on public sector pay for some workforces.
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Entrepreneurs operated virtually free of regulatory restraint, and taxes were lower than ever before or since.
Academic text (1991) -
And sometimes it's those restrictions and restraints that inspire the most creativity.
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Irish trade was also shackled by the restraints that Britain had imposed during the seventeenth century.
Academic text (1993) -
The government imposed a new restraint on emissions to protect the environment.
Synonyms
340
3.0
A rule or action that limits what you can do
80
5.9
A state of being kept in a small closed space and unable to move freely
63
3.5
A rule that controls how much or how many of something there can be
48
4.5
A limit on how much someone can do
22
4.6
A thing that stops or controls movement to keep people and machines safe
9
8.6
A system that keeps people under control and stops them being free
8
7.7
A rule that limits what people can do
7
7.5
A situation that greatly limits freedom and progress
3
8.0
A strong control that stops people or groups from acting freely
1
6.3
A law or rule that limits access and activity
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.0
A rule or action that stops free competition between businesses
- Specialized
1
4.1
A padded support on top of a car seat that holds the head and reduces neck injury in a crash
An agreement between companies that limits competition, often by fixing prices, and is illegal under US law
How Restrictive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Restraint comes from the parts re- 'back' and strain 'to pull tight', the same root as string, so picture a rule that 'pulls back' what you can do; that is why it means a limit or restriction on action or freedom.