Words and phrases that have a meaning related to restraint: (292 results)
Antonyms:
unrestraint
Often used in the same context:
prudence, discipline, circumspection, moderation, statesmanship, firmness, pragmatism, caution, judiciousness, patience, magnanimity, recklessness, frugality, vigilance, sensibleness, humility, civility, belligerence, aggression, lenience, sangfroid, provocation, politeness, contrition, decorum, noninterference, rigidity, calmness, carefulness, rein, brinkmanship, bravado, disregard, irrationality, modesty, deference, rationality, compassion, rectitude, tactfulness, fortitude, boldness, unreasonableness, leniency, irresponsibility, meekness, respectfulness, resilience, combativeness, watchfulness, decency, obstinacy, defiance, decisiveness, subtlety, manners, hawkishness, conservativeness, chastisement, equanimity, balancing, demureness, excesses, timidity, effusiveness, intemperance, empathy, candor, stability, sagacity, forbearance, rashness, seatbelts, openness, excessiveness, pusillanimity, respect, gentleness, seatbelt, steeliness, imprudence, unflappability, asceticism, assertiveness, appeasement, agression, obduracy, dissuasion, straitjacket, imperiousness, loquacity, politesse, truculence, conformism, courage, freedom, parsimony, graciousness, shrewdness, flexibility, forcefulness, diplomacy, restraints, restriction, duress, restrictions, coercion, enticement, impediment, protection, conformity, constraint, hindrance, inducement, inhibitions, leverage, compulsion, disciplining, discouragement, con, predicted, anxiety, caffeine, fiscal, moisture, agency, cholesterol, cohort, confinement, conflict, constitutional, couple, crystalloid, drag, equity, flicker, freetrade, friction, funding, hardness
More specific:
airbrake, arrester, arrester hook, band, bond, brake, brake pads, brake shoe, bridle, cage, catch, chain, check, collar, containment, continence, curb, curtailment, damper, detention, dive brake, drogue, fastener, fastening, gag, hamper, holdfast, ignition lock, immobilisation, immobilization, immobilizing, inhibition, lead, leash, lock, muzzle, sea anchor, self-restraint, shackle, shoe, stop, suppression, temperance, temperateness, tether, trammel, trammels
Appears in the definition of:
., abandon, air bag, arrester, arrester hook, ascesis, asceticism, band, bawl, bellow, boisterous, bond, brake, brake shoe, catch, chain, check, chortle, chuckle, classicism, collar, confined, contain, control, curb, damper, discreet, discreetly, drogue, drool over, fastener, fastening, fixing, forbearing, forward, free, fress, gag, gluttonise, gluttonize, hamper, hold, holdfast, hold in, idle, ignition lock, imprudent, indiscreetly, laugh softly, lead, leash, let loose, licence, license, life belt, lip off, lock, longanimous, loose, moderate, muzzle, pour out, prudent, punished, rambunctious, reserved, restrained, robustious, rumbustious, run, safety belt, safety harness, sea anchor, self-restraint, shackle, shoe, shoot one's mouth off, skid, slobber over, sottishness, spree, stiff upper lip, stop, temperately, temperateness, tether, trammel, trammels, unconfined, unconstraint, underact, underplay, unimprisoned, unleash, unrestrained, unrestraint, unruly, wantonness, wild
More general:
controlling, device, plainness
Synonyms:
Also try:chasteness, simplicity
— Adjectives for restraint: self, such, moral, physical, prior, judicial, little, fiscal, more, voluntary, less, more...
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