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restraint

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of restraint

1 the checking of oneʼs true feelings and impulses when dealing with others

  • it will take a great deal of restraint to keep from telling her how ugly that dress is
Synonyms of restraint

constraint, continence, discipline, discretion, inhibition, refrainment, repression, reserve, self-command, self-control, self-restraint, suppression
Words Related to restraint

command, control, mastery, possession

self-censorship, self-containment, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery, will, willpower

composure, self-poise, self-possession

aloofness, detachedness, distance

bashfulness, modesty, shyness

reticence, silence, taciturnity
Near Antonyms of restraint

self-abandonment, uninhibitedness

unrestrainedness

gratification, indulgence, overindulgence, self-indulgence

bluntness, candor, frankness

immoderacy, intemperance
Antonyms of restraint

disinhibition, incontinence, unconstraint

2 something that limits oneʼs freedom of action or choice

  • civil libertarians contend that the new laws place too many restraints on our constitutionally guaranteed rights
Synonyms of restraint

check, circumscription, condition, constraint, curb, fetter, limitation, restriction, stricture
Words Related to restraint

exception, proviso, qualification, reservation, stipulation, strings

ban, prohibition, proscription
Near Antonyms of restraint

freedom, latitude

3 the power to control oneʼs actions, impulses, or emotions

  • he shows very little restraint or tact when expressing his opinions about others
Synonyms of restraint

continence, self-command, self-containment, self-control, self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery, self-possession, self-restraint, will, willpower
Words Related to restraint

self-abnegation, self-denial

moderateness, moderation, temperance, temperateness

determination, nerve

command, control, discipline, mastery

abnegation, abstention, avoidance, eschewal, forbearance

abstinence, soberness, sobriety

aplomb, assurance, composure, confidence, coolness, equanimity, poise, self-confidence

discretion
Near Antonyms of restraint

gratification, indulgence, self-indulgence

excessiveness, immoderacy, intemperance, intemperateness, overindulgence

demerit, failing, fault, feebleness, foible, frailty, shortcoming, vice, weakness

indiscipline, unconstraint, unreserve, unreservedness, unrestraint

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