The act of controlling by restraining someone or something.

Roget 826: inexcitability^†, imperturbability, inirritability^†; even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion; tolerance, patience, coolth [Coll.].    passiveness etc. (physical inertness) 172; hebetude^†, hebetation^†; impassibility etc. (insensibility) 823; stupefaction.    coolness, calmness etc. adj.; composure, placidity, indisturbance^†, imperturbation^†, sang froid [Fr.], tranquility, serenity; quiet, quietude; peace of mind, mental calmness.    staidness etc. adj.; gravity, sobriety, Quakerism^†; philosophy, equanimity, stoicism, command of temper; self-possession, self-control, self-command, self-restraint, ice water in one's veins; presence of mind.    submission etc. 725; resignation; sufferance, supportance^†, endurance, longsufferance^†, forbearance; longanimity^†; fortitude; patience of Job, patience on a monument" [Twelfth Night], patience 'sovereign o'er transmuted ill'" [Johnson]; moderation; repression of feelings, subjugation of feeling; restraint etc. 751.    tranquillization etc. (moderation) 174^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 706: prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage; embolus, embolism [Med.]; infarct [Med.]; interruption, interception, interclusion^†; hindrance, impedition^†; retardment^†, retardation; embarrassment, oppilation^†; coarctation^†, stricture, restriction; restraint etc. 751; inhibition etc. 761; blockade etc. (closure) 261.    interference, interposition; obtrusion; discouragement, discountenance.    impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag^†; check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil.    bar, stile, barrier; [barrier to vehicles] turnstile, turnpike; gate, portcullis.    beaver dam; trocha^†; barricade etc. (defense) 717; wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne^†; bulkhead, block, buffer; stopper etc. 263; boom, dam, weir, burrock^†.    drawback, objection; stumbling-block, stumbling-stone; lion in the path, snag; snags and sawyers.    encumbrance, incumbrance^†; clog, skid, shoe, spoke; drag, drag chain, drag weight; stay, stop; preventive, prophylactic; load, burden, fardel^†, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta; dead weight; lumber, pack; nightmare, Ephialtes^†, incubus, old man of the sea; remora.    difficulty etc. 704; insuperable etc. 471; obstacle; estoppel [Law]; ill wind; head wind etc. (opposition) 708; trammel, tether etc. (means of restraint) 752; hold back, counterpoise.    [person who hinders] damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy; party pooper [Coll.]; party crasher, interloper.    trail of a red herring; opponent etc. 710.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 708: opposition, antagonism; oppugnancy^†, oppugnation^†; impugnation^†; contrariety; contravention; counteraction etc. 179; counterplot.    cross fire, undercurrent, head wind.    clashing, collision, conflict.    competition, two of a trade, rivalry, emulation, race.    absence of aid etc. 708; resistance etc. 719; restraint etc. 751; hindrance etc. 706.    ... meer laten zien

Discipline in personal and social activities:
— He was a model of polite restraint.

synoniem: control.

Roget 751: restraint; hindrance etc. 706; coercion etc. (compulsion) 744; cohibition^†, constraint, repression, suppression; discipline, control.    confinement; durance, duress; imprisonment; incarceration, coarctation^†, entombment, mancipation^†, durance vile, limbo, captivity; blockade.    arrest, arrestation^†; custody, keep, care, charge, ward, restringency^†.    curb etc. (means of restraint) 752; lettres de cachet [Fr.].    limitation, restriction, protection, monopoly; prohibition etc. 761.    prisoner etc. 754; repressionist^†.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: remming

The state of being physically constrained:
— Dogs should be kept under restraint.

synoniem: constraint.

Roget 744: compulsion, coercion, coaction^†, constraint, duress, enforcement, press, conscription.    force; brute force, main force, physical force; the sword, ultima ratio [Lat.]; club law, lynch law, mob law, arguementum baculinum^†, le droit du plus fort [Fr.], martial law.    restraint etc. 751; necessity etc. 601; force majeure [Fr.]; Hobson's choice.    ... meer laten zien

A rule or condition that limits freedom.

Lack of ornamentation:
— The room was simply decorated with great restraint.

synoniemen: chasteness, simpleness, simplicity.

Nederlands: eenvoud
Pools: oszczędność, prostota, niewymyślność, prostość

A device that retards something's motion:
— The car did not have proper restraints fitted.

synoniem: constraint.