restrainedadj.
/rᵻˈstreɪnd/, U.S. /rəˈstreɪnd/, /riˈstreɪnd/ 1. Kept under control; characterized by reserve or moderation. In early use also: †confined, restricted (obsolete).
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [adjective] > restrained
bridled1567
retent1568
restrained1578
controlled1581
snubbed1583
retained1592
retentive1599
curbed1600
repressed1606
stifleda1643
suspense1667
light1740
reined-in1740
checked1793
reined-up1835
reticent1877
snaffled1877
directed1891
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adjective]
narroweOE
restraint1445
modifiedc1485
limitate1541
restricteda1550
strait-laced1549
scant1556
circumcised1561
contract1561
restrained1578
determinate1586
limited1590
restrict1597
strict1597
confined1605
determineda1616
limitary1620
prescript1645
modificated1646
circumscribed1647
conscribed1654
limitated1654
reserved1654
coarctated1655
straiteneda1665
unabsolute1694
stinted1710
bounded1711
contracted1711
cramped1741
special1815
municipal1856
fine-cut1894
stingy1927
1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 59 Vntill the fountaine of loue, streaming from their eyes, gaue libertye vnto restrained speeche.
1580 J. Stubbs in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 43 Pray for your old poore restrained frend.
1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories at Mott Is (in generall) French for (a Word) but in a restrained sense is properly now among vs the Word.
1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living iv. 228 In a more restrained sense it is taken for that part of duty which particularly relates to God.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 241 I shall consider the more restrained Perswasion of the Learned.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Restriction Arguing affirmatively from a non-restrain'd to a restrain'd Term.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. v. 192 Her conversation was restrained.
1828 T. Busby Mus. Man. 148 Ritenuto,..to be performed in a gentle, delicate, and restrained manner.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iv. 343 The bishop was heard out with hardly restrained indignation.
1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ii. 33 The sober, restrained looks and gestures.
1932 W. Faulkner Light in August ii. 30 He worked well enough, with a kind of baleful and restrained steadiness.
1989 Holiday Which? May 145/2 The house is unique in its brilliant, clear and restrained design.
2009 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 89/1 The most important change his [sc. President Obama's] administration promises is a more restrained, less arrogant foreign policy.
2. Of a person or part of the body: held in place in a vehicle seat by a seat belt or other safety restraint. Cf. restrain v.1 7c.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [adjective] > wearing a seat-belt or safety restraint
restrained1952
belted1953
seat-belted1967
1952 H. De Haven Site, Frequency & Dangerousness of Injury Sustained by 800 Survivors of Lightplane Accidents 41 Most of the injuries arise from inadequately restrained body parts... Restrained areas of the body are protected from injury.
1966 Independent (Pasadena, Calif.) 30 Nov. 10/2 Requirements for locating certain auto controls to make sure of their easy accessibility ‘to a restrained driver’.
1985 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 June 1621/1 The effect of rear seat passengers on injury to restrained and unrestrained front seat occupants and vice versa.
2008 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 1 Apr. a6 In fatal car crashes in 1995, only 2 percent of restrained passengers were ejected, compared to 25 percent of unrestrained passengers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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