restraint

restraint is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental.
2. noun. The state of being restrained.
3. noun. That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction.
4. noun. the act of controlling by restraining someone or something

   "the unlawful restraint of trade"

5. noun. a device that retards something's motion

   "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"

   Synonyms: constraint

6. noun. lack of ornamentation

   "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"

   Synonyms: chasteness, simpleness, simplicity

7. noun. discipline in personal and social activities

   "he was a model of polite restraint"

   "she never lost control of herself"

   Synonyms: control

8. noun. a rule or condition that limits freedom

   "legal restraints"

   "restraints imposed on imports"

9. noun. the state of being physically constrained

   "dogs should be kept under restraint"

   Synonyms: constraint

Synonyms

constraint, chasteness, simpleness, simplicity, control

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in restraint:

retirants, retransit, trainster, transiter

Common word forms

restraints, restraintful

Words from these letters

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