All restraint synonyms

noun restraint

• government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
• grain of salt — salt crystal
• grapnel — a device consisting essentially of one or more hooks or clamps, for grasping or holding something; grapple; grappling iron.
• guilelessness — free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.
• gunk — any sticky or greasy residue or accumulation: gunk on the oil filter.
• hackamore — a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.
• halter — Archaic. lameness; a limp.
• handclasp — a gripping of hands by two or more people, as in greeting, parting, making a commitment, or expressing affection.
• handcuff — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
• handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
• handhold — a grip with the hand or hands.
• handshake — handshaking
• hang up — the way in which a thing hangs.
• hang-up — a preoccupation, fixation, or psychological block; complex: His hang-up is trying to outdo his brother.
• headstall — that part of a bridle or halter that encompasses the head of an animal.
• helotry — serfdom; slavery.
• hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
• immaculacy — free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
• immobilization — to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
• immuration — to enclose within walls.
• immurement — to enclose within walls.
• impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
• impediment — obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
• imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
• imposition — the laying on of something as a burden or obligation.
• impoundment — a body of water confined within an enclosure, as a reservoir.
• imprisonment — to confine in or as if in a prison.
• impulsion — the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing.
• in-convenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
• incarceration — the act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure: The incarceration rate has increased dramatically.
• inculcation — the act of inculcating, or teaching or influencing persistently and repeatedly so as to implant or instill an idea, theory, attitude, etc.
• ingenuousness — free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
• inhibition — the act of inhibiting.
• inter-relationship — reciprocal relation.
• internment — an act or instance of interning.
• inutility — uselessness.
• knowhow — knowledge of how to do something; faculty or skill for a particular activity; expertise: Designing a computer requires a lot of know-how.
• leash — a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
• leg iron — a shackle for a prisoner's leg
• leg irons — A fetter or shackle attached at the ankle.
• limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
• litotes — understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”.
• longanimity — patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance.
• longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
• lushness — (of vegetation, plants, grasses, etc.) luxuriant; succulent; tender and juicy.
• maidenhood — the state or time of being a maiden or virgin.
• max — Maxwell ("Max") 1924–2007, U.S. jazz drummer and bandleader.
• maxes — a male given name, form of Maximilian.
• measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
• minuses — less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.