English-Thai Dictionary

restraint

N การ หน่วงเหนี่ยว  การ ควบคุม  การ หักห้ามใจ  การ ข่มอารมณ์  moderation temperance self-denial slackness laxity kan-nuang-niao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESTRAINT

n. 1. The act or operation of holding back or hindering from motion, in any manner; hinderance of the will, or of any action, physical, moral or mental.
2. Abridgment of liberty; as the restraint of a man by imprisonment or by duress.
3. Prohibition. The commands of God should be effectual restraints upon our evil passions.
4. Limitation; restriction.
If all were granted, yet it must be maintained, within any bold restraints, far otherwise than it is received.
5. That which restrains, hinders or represses. The laws are restraints upon injustice.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RESTRAINT

Re *straint ", n. Etym: [OF. restraincte, fr. restrainct, F. restreint,p. p. of restraindre, restrendre. See Restrain. ]

 

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 its protection. Macaulay.

 

2. The state of being restrained.

 

3. That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction. For one restraint, lords of the world besides. Milton.

 

Syn. -- Repression; hindrance; check; stop; curb;

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

restraint

re straint |riˈstrānt rəˈstreɪnt | ▶noun 1 (often restraints ) a measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control or within limits: decisions are made within the financial restraints of the budget. • the action of keeping someone or something under control. • deprivation or restriction of personal liberty or freedom of movement: he remained aggressive and required physical restraint. • a device that limits or prevents freedom of movement: car safety restraints. 2 unemotional, dispassionate, or moderate behavior; self-control: he urged the protesters to exercise restraint. • understatement, esp. of artistic expression: with strings and piano, all restraint vanished. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French restreinte, feminine past participle of restreindre ‘hold back ’ (see restrain ).

 

restraint of trade

re straint of trade ▶noun Law action that interferes with free competition in a market.

 

Oxford Dictionary

restraint

re |straint |rɪˈstreɪnt | ▶noun 1 (often restraints ) a measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control: decisions are made within the financial restraints of the budget. • [ mass noun ] the action of keeping someone or something under control. • [ mass noun ] deprivation or restriction of personal liberty or freedom of movement: he remained aggressive and required physical restraint. • a device which limits or prevents freedom of movement: car safety restraints. 2 [ mass noun ] unemotional, dispassionate, or moderate behaviour; self-control: he urged the protestors to exercise restraint. • understatement, especially of artistic expression: with strings and piano, all restraint vanished. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French restreinte, feminine past participle of restreindre ‘hold back ’ (see restrain ).

 

restraint of trade

re |straint of trade ▶noun [ mass noun ] Law action that interferes with free competition in a market. • [ count noun ] a clause in a contract that restricts a person's right to carry on their trade or profession.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

restraint

restraint noun 1 a restraint on their impulsiveness: constraint, check, control, restriction, limitation, curtailment; rein, bridle, brake, damper, impediment, obstacle. 2 the protestors showed restraint: self-control, self-restraint, self-discipline, control, moderation, prudence, judiciousness, abstemiousness. 3 the room has been decorated with restraint: subtlety, understatedness, taste, tastefulness, discretion, discrimination. 4 a child restraint: belt, harness, strap.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

restraint

restraint noun 1 he acts as a restraint on their impulsiveness: constraint, check, control, restriction, limitation, curtailment; rein, bridle, brake, damper, deterrent, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, retardant, inhibition; informal clampdown, wet blanket. ANTONYMS incitement. 2 the customary restraint of the British police: self-control, self-restraint, self-discipline, control, moderation, temperateness, abstemiousness, non-indulgence, prudence, judiciousness. ANTONYMS abandon. 3 the dining room has been decorated with commendable restraint: subtlety, mutedness, understatedness, taste, tastefulness, delicacy, delicateness, discretion, discrimination. ANTONYMS excess, indulgence. 4 her restraint puts people off: reserve, self-restraint, self-control, self-possession, lack of emotion, sobriety, coldness, formality, aloofness, detachment, reticence, uncommunicativeness. ANTONYMS forwardness, outspokenness. 5 a warrant for the release of the person under restraint: confinement, captivity, custody, detention, imprisonment, internment, incarceration, constraint, committal, quarantine, arrest; archaic duress; rare detainment. 6 children must wear an approved child restraint: belt, harness, strap.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

restraint

re straint /rɪstréɪnt /名詞 複 ～s /-ts /｟かたく ｠1 C 〖通例 ～s 〗 «…に対する » 制限 [禁止 ]条項 ; U «…の » 抑制 , 制限 ; 禁止 «on » ▸ impose [remove ] restraints on foreign trade 海外貿易に制限条項を課す [の制限条項を撤廃する ]▸ restraint of trade 営業 [取引 ]制限 ▸ in restraint of A Aを抑制して 2 U «…についての » 自制 , 慎み ; 遠慮 (reserve ); (表現などの )控えめ , 節度 «in » ▸ exercise [show ] significant restraint in one's behavior 大変に慎み深い行動をする .3 U ｟かたく ｠束縛 , 拘束 ; 監禁 ; C 拘束力 , 束縛するもの .4 C シートベルト ; 拘束器具 .under restr á int 拘束 [束縛 ]されて ; ｟遠回しに ｠(精神病院に )監禁されて .without restr á int 自由に, 遠慮なく ; 十分に .