Restraint vs Restrains - What's the difference?
restraint | restrains |
(countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures
(uncountable) control or caution; reserve
* November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, "
(restrain)
To control or keep in check.
To deprive of liberty.
To restrict or limit.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
As a noun restraint
is something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures.As a verb restrains is
third-person singular of restrain.restraint
English
(wikipedia restraint)Noun
- Make sure all the restraints are tight.
- Try to exercise restraint when talking to your boss.
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.
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(en verb)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}