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Sentence count:246+9Posted:2017-03-20Updated:2020-07-24
Antonym: incitementSimilar words: restrainunrestrainedconstraintdire straitsnominal interest ratestrainstrainedconstrainMeaning: [rɪ'streɪnt]  n. 1. the of act controlling by restraining someone or something 2. discipline in personal and social activities 3. the state of being physically constrained 4. a rule or condition that limits freedom 5. lack of ornamentation 6. a device that retards something's motion. 
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61. With daylight and without the restraint of the fires outside the walls, they are more restive than ever.
62. For that reason, the gradual restraint of inflation and cooling of this overheated economy look impossible.
63. The United States responded by informally requesting her partners to use restraint in exercising their right to convert dollars into gold.
64. The doctrine of political neutrality is a doctrine of restraint for it advocates neutrality between valid and invalid ideals of the good.
65. Now it had become necessary to keep him under various forms of restraint around the clock.
66. Yet legalisation should not be taken to mean a lawless free-for-all, with no restraint on the supply or use of drugs.
67. The restraint of her expression belies the worldly rush of her life in New York and her racy reputation.
68. He required physical restraint and was then taken to the local psychiatric hospital by the police.
69. The guidance emphasises that restraint should be used as a last resort within a caring and disciplined home environment.
70. The presumption should be in favor of publication and transmission rather than suppression or prior restraint, no matter what the medium.
71. The covenant was held to be an unreasonable restraint of trade.
72. Urging restraint in the development of conventional forces, the statement said that otherwise these could exacerbate political tensions.
73. The police department is beyond its meager capacities for restraint with a case like this.
74. It seemed a reasonable bargain in which each superpower could exert restraint over its regional allies.
75. But it certainly undermines the idea that gay men, as men, are biologically incapable of restraint.
76. In each town three options for traffic restraint had been tested, with before and after surveys of a number of criteria.
77. In fact mounting excitement sweeps him along impetuously enough to make you even wish for a little more restraint.
78. Hence peace-makings were solemn and formal occasions, committing groups of people to restraint.
79. The restraint of trade doctrine is relevant to both types of provision.
80. However, it was said in Rawlings v Till that physical restraint was a battery.
81. Quite a bit happens in the novel, but Haines shows refreshing restraint in her narration.
82. He is giving Khatemi room to impress the virtues of self-censorship and restraint on a young,[http://sentencedict.com/restraint.html] restless urban population.
83. At present, six children are killed and 400 hurt in a year in crashes because they were not wearing a restraint.
84. He had allowed his daughter to grow up completely free of restraint.
85. The Ship lurched up the hillside, straining at the indignity of restraint.
86. The increase in audit mandate of the six countries discussed has arisen largely because government agencies tend to exercise greater restraint.
87. Lax local authority policies and the undermining of policies of restraint on appeal, severely undermine processes of urban regeneration.
88. She had a plump, pretty face, framed by dark curls that resisted every effort at restraint.
89. In the Esso case, the restraint in a supply and purchase contract was reinforced in a mortgage deed.
90. Government also jumped on the bandwagon, first with wage restraint policies and later with restrictive monetary policies to reduce inflationary pressures.
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