restraint
noun
[ rɪˈstreɪnt ]
• a measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control.
• "decisions are made within the financial restraints of the budget"
• unemotional, dispassionate, or moderate behaviour; self-control.
• "he urged the protestors to exercise restraint"
Similar:
self-control,
self-restraint,
self-discipline,
control,
moderation,
temperateness,
abstemiousness,
non-indulgence,
prudence,
judiciousness,
reserve,
self-possession,
lack of emotion,
sobriety,
coldness,
formality,
aloofness,
detachment,
reticence,
uncommunicativeness,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French restreinte, feminine past participle of restreindre ‘hold back’ (see restrain).
