Noun

(countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures

Make sure all the restraints are tight.

(uncountable) control or caution; reserve

Try to exercise restraint when talking to your boss.

* November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk

City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.

Noun

A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.

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*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat : "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."

*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter

, volume=100, issue=2, page=87, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , passage=Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat .}}