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All restraint synonyms

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noun restraint

  • imprisonment β€” to confine in or as if in a prison.
  • bilboes β€” a long iron bar with two sliding shackles, formerly used to confine the ankles of a prisoner
  • command β€” If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
  • arrestation β€” the slowing or stopping of the development or progress of something
  • limit β€” the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
  • impediment β€” obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
  • devoirs β€” compliments or respects; courteous attentions
  • economy β€” thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
  • elegance β€” The quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner; style.
  • domestication β€” to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
  • confinement β€” Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
  • cap β€” A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak. Caps are usually worn by men and boys.
  • monogamy β€” marriage with only one person at a time. Compare bigamy, polygamy.
  • litotes β€” understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in β€œnot bad at all.”.
  • fetter β€” a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
  • hangup β€” Alternative spelling of hang-up.
  • fetters β€” Plural form of fetter.
  • coercion β€” Coercion is the act or process of persuading someone forcefully to do something that they do not want to do.
  • credit squeeze β€” the control of credit facilities as an instrument of economic policy, associated with restrictions on bank loans and overdrafts, raised interest rates, etc
  • bond β€” A bond between people is a strong feeling of friendship, love, or shared beliefs and experiences that unites them.
  • caution β€” Caution is great care which you take in order to avoid possible danger.
  • control β€” Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
  • discommodity β€” inconvenience; disadvantageousness.
  • embargo β€” Impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity).
  • directness β€” to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
  • elusion β€” The act of eluding.
  • bourne β€” a brook or rivulet.
  • brake β€” Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.
  • accountableness β€” the condition of being answerable or accountable
  • gunk β€” any sticky or greasy residue or accumulation: gunk on the oil filter.
  • endurance β€” The fact or power of enduring an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way.
  • max β€” Maxwell ("Max") 1924–2007, U.S. jazz drummer and bandleader.
  • handshake β€” handshaking
  • deterrent β€” A deterrent is something that prevents people from doing something by making them afraid of what will happen to them if they do it.
  • imposition β€” the laying on of something as a burden or obligation.
  • lead β€” to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
  • answerability β€” liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.
  • cinch β€” If you say that something is a cinch, you mean that you think it is very easy to do.
  • handgrip β€” the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
  • absolutes β€” free from imperfection; complete; perfect: absolute liberty.
  • due bill β€” a brief written acknowledgment of indebtedness, not payable to order.
  • chain β€” A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
  • ornateness β€” elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
  • immuration β€” to enclose within walls.
  • nonresistance β€” the policy or practice of not resisting violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, by force.
  • check β€” Check is also a noun.
  • minimalism β€” Music. a reductive style or school of modern music utilizing only simple sonorities, rhythms, and patterns, with minimal embellishment or orchestrational complexity, and characterized by protracted repetition of figurations, obsessive structural rigor, and often a pulsing, hypnotic effect.
  • immurement β€” to enclose within walls.
  • maxes β€” a male given name, form of Maximilian.
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