The meaning of RESTRAINT is an act of restraining : the state of being restrained. How to use restraint in a sentence.

RESTRAINT definition: 1. calm and controlled behaviour: 2. something that limits the freedom of someone or something, or…. Learn more.

RESTRAINT definition: a restraining action or influence. See examples of restraint used in a sentence.

Restraint is calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour. They behaved with more restraint than I'd expected. I'll speak to the staff and ask them to exercise restraint and common sense. …

1. the ability to control or moderate one's impulses, passions, etc: to show restraint.

Restraint, or self-control, a personal virtue Medical restraint, form of general physical restraint used for medical purposes Physical restraint, the practice of rendering people helpless or …

a device that restrains, such as a harness:[countable] a child restraint for use in the car. reserve in feelings, behavior, etc.:[uncountable] speaking with restraint.

There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun restraint, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Definition of restraint noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

RESTRAINT meaning: 1 : a way of limiting, controlling, or stopping something usually plural often + on; 2 : a device that limits a person's movement