单词 | restrainment |
释义 | restrainmentn. Now rare. The action or an act of restraining; restraint. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] havingeOE holdc1230 withholdingc1386 restrainingc1390 refraininga1398 repression?a1425 repressing1431 bridlingc1443 restraint1443 restrainc1449 repressurec1487 restingc1503 abstention1521 controlling1523 controlment1525 distrain1531 staying1563 control1564 refrain1568 retention1578 check1579 restrainment1579 refranation1583 cohibition1586 withholdment1640 curbing1661 coercion1827 chastenment1882 detent1907 clamp-down1940 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 145/1 Without any restrainement or holding backe. a1627 W. Sclater 3 Serm. (1629) 11 Temporall paines remaine as preuentions, as admonitions, as restrainments. 1688 Enthus. Ch. Rome 40 From the restrainment of his Tears no other effect could follow. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xvi. 242 Injurious restrainment at large, and injurious compulsion at large, are here styled simple. 1835 Amer. Q. Rev. Sept. 243 A philosophical work..might do important service.., by inducing the energetic restrainment of excess. 1895 C. Wilkes Sidney Forrester iv. 44 Would she be compelled to wear out a weary existence in such hopeless restrainment? 1958 Jet 31 July 47 A white..self-styled minister was accused..of holding a 13-year old Detroit Negro boy..in restrainment of liberty. 2002 Blackpool Gaz. (Nexis) 2 Oct. Hospital bosses have..changed their policies on restrainment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579 |
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