restraintn.
/rᵻˈstreɪnt/, U.S. /rəˈstreɪnt/, /riˈstreɪnt/ 1. † a. An ordinance or injunction which imposes a restriction; such a prohibition itself. Obsolete.
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society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun] > a prohibition
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countermandment1560
countermand1581
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forbiddance1855
1439–40 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1439 §57. m. 2 Ther was maad a restreint that noon schulde passe out of this land.
1464 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 187 Any restraynt or ordenaunce made to the contrary nat wythstandyng.
1483 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1483 §27. m. 2 A restreint was made, that certein thynges of silkewerk..shuld not be brought into this reame redy wrought.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. PPPiiii The seuenth commaundement..& the last of the .x. in maner also doubleth the restraynt of theft.
1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 55 in Jewell House To force the sopeboilers (after they had procured a generall restrainte) to growe to composition with them.
1610 B. Rich New Descr. Ireland 62 There is a generall restraint to all Inne-keepers, Tauerners..to shut vp their doores, & not..to serue either Wine, Beere, or Ale.
1648 in J. Stuart Extracts Presbytery Bk. Strathbogie (1843) 87 Concerning restraint of kirk buriallis.
1713 in A. Morgan Univ. Edinb. Charters (1937) 169 Considering that former professors was not under the forsaid restrent..they..take off and rescind the former restrent.
1786 T. Jefferson Let. 8 Feb. in Papers (1993) IX. 265 I gave out a few copies only, and to confidential persons, writing in every copy a restraint against it's publication.
b. An embargo, esp. one prohibiting a ship or its cargo from leaving a port. In later use more fully restraint of princes.
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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > prohibition of entry or departure
restraint1449
embarge1574
embargement1599
embargo1602
embarginga1618
embarring1649
1449 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Feb. 1449 §19. m. 6 By diverse restreintes of merchandise in Calais..the custumes and subsidies..passe not yerely .xij. .m.
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlviii. 317 This same yere was a restraynt of the wullys of Caleys made by the Soudyours.
a1585 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1914) 29 517 This porte sawes when we have a Restrainte betwene Spaine and us.
1601 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1884) 1st Ser. VI. 269 [The Act of] restraint of the woll [to be approved in Parliament].
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo i. xxv. 150 Arrest, Restraints and Detainements of Kings and Princes.
1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia i. iii. 66 The heavy restraints and burdens laid upon their trade by act of Parliament in England.
1751 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria Rediviva 244 (heading) Of Embargoes, or Restraint of Princes.
1769 Molloy's De Jure Marit. (ed. 9) II. ii. vii. §7. 50 A Policy against Restraint of Princes, will not extend to Practices against the Laws of Countries.
1827 G. F. Jones Treat. Law conc. Liabilities Rights Common Carriers ii. iii. 124 The restraint of princes has caused a temporary interruption of the voyage.
1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance II. iii. i. 788 When the further prosecution of the voyage is rendered hopeless..by blockade,..and the voyage is accordingly wholly abandoned, that is a loss, by restraint of princes, within the policy.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 304/2 The list of excepted perils..usually included perils of the seas, robbers and pirates, restraint of princes and rulers, [etc.].
1977 Times 25 May 12/1 A clause in a charterparty excluding liability for failure to ship a cargo of oil owing to restraint of princes.
2007 K. Noussia Princ. Indemnity in Marine Insurance Contracts iii. 103 It was held that the order of the Iraqi government was a restraint of princes.
2. † b. The action or a means of restraining a natural force or agent, as a flood, etc. Obsolete.
a. The action or an act of restraining, checking, or stopping something. Frequently with of.Recorded earliest in without restraint at Phrases 1.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun]
havingeOE
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repression?a1425
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detent1907
clamp-down1940
1443 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 300 (MED) All suche assignementes..may be content as gode shall growe wherof withoute restraint or delay.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 780 Than he made a restraynte of his angir.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxxix. f. cxiiiv In conclucyon a restreynt of warre was graunted.
1561 X Commaundementes of Loue in Chaucer's Wks. f. cccxlijv/1 There let your pitie spred without restreinte.
1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 31v Somtyme happeneth a restraynt in the small guttes.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 190v The roote and the water thereof..is good against the..restraint of womens purgacions.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 240 The restraint of the money, not to be payed but vpon a testimony brought vnder our hands, was a good caution.
1671 T. Gumble Life Gen. Monck 12 The great reason of God's restraint of his Blessing upon many of these worthy Endeavours.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Incontinently, unchastely; without restraint of the appetites.
1843 Phrenol. Jrnl. 16 330 The laws..must be directed to the restraint of vice.
1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. (1881) 68 1 to 2 drops of this solution suffices to give sufficient restraint.
1922 J. Riviere tr. S. Freud Introd. Lect. Psycho-anal. xiii. 175 The castration complex, the reaction..to that restraint of early infantile sexual activity which is ascribed to the father.
1991 Highways & Transportation Sept. 35/2 The IHIE Symposium is..for technicians concerned with..traffic calming and restraint.
2003 W. Abelshauser et al. German Industry & Global Enterprise (2004) vii. 520 American courts saw joint ventures by rivals as a restraint of competition on principle.
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1607 G. Markham tr. P. Desportes Rodomonths Infernall cxxxi. sig. D5v And foaming like a stormy beaten flood, Belcht riuers forth, that no restraint withstood.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. 46 A current of wholesome waters breaking from its restraint, runs out in a succession of waters, and every preceding draught draws out the next.
1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Gloss. Sera, a Lock or restraint of water on a river.
3. (a) Self-control; moderation; cf. self-restraint n. (b) Coolness or distance of manner; constraint; (also) an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > lack of affability
strangenessc1386
unhomelinessc1440
fremdnessa1500
coldness1557
coolnessa1586
self-guarda1586
diskindness1596
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reservedness1606
inaffability1611
restrainta1616
unconess1637
chillness1639
froideur1645
distance1660
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buckram1682
starchness?1693
starch1694
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stiffness1717
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angularity1824
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untouchableness1909
untouchability1919
stuffiness1926
1509 tr. A. de la Sale Fyftene Ioyes of Maryage (de Worde) (new ed.) v. sig. F.j Peraduenture she shall her dresse and paynt And haue so lytell vertue and restraynt That she in suche vnthryfty wyfe shall preue.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 216 She knew her distance, and did angle for mee, Madding my eagernesse with her restraint . View more context for this quotation
1638 H. Killigrew Conspiracy i. i. sig. C3 By my restraint youle Onely gaine unto your selfe the markes of Jealousie and malice.
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 166 I lost all restraint, and yielding to the force of the emotion, gave down..those effusions of pleasure.
1791 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 357 I find that there is much restraint and etiquette here.
1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci i. i. 5 One thing, I pray you, recollect henceforth, And so we shall converse with less restraint.
1877 ‘Rita’ Vivienne I. ii. 25 We are reconciled again, but there is a restraint between us now.
1929 L. D. Bell Public Speaker's Dict. 13 A love of display and a lack of taste and restraint.
1968 M. Jones Survivor i. 22 She had dressed with restraint in a ‘useful’ black dress.
2004 Gramophone Aug. 26/3 She seemed so emotional and so had none of the restraint that one associates with British people.
4. gen.
a. A restraining force or influence; a means of restraining a person from a course of action, or of keeping a person under control.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] > means of restraint or restraining force
bridleeOE
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spigot1780
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way-chain1884
tab1889
inhibitor1902
check-cord1908
iron maiden1912
inhibition1932
1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. Dii/1 What though my penne, wax faynt & hath smale lust to paint yet shall there no restraynt Cause me to cese Amonge this prese For to encrese yowre goodly name.
1565 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. xlvii. 476 To have some greater Restraint put upon the Lady Lenox and some harder Sequestration than she now hath.
a1605 (c1422) T. Hoccleve Dialogus (Durh.: Stowe) l. 207 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 117 In latyn have I sene a small tretis[e]..a bettar restreynte know I none fro vice.
1680 W. Temple Ess. Orig. & Nature Govt. in Wks. (1720) I. 97 All Government is a Restraint upon Liberty.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 144 Where the laws of our country have laid them under necessary restraints.
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 49 He could now endure,..And feel a parent's presence no restraint.
1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxvi. 427 The insolence of Charops now began to break through every restraint.
1890 Spectator 11 Jan. Subjected to the strong restraints of officers in a Queen's ship at sea.
1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 261/2 The vast majority of mankind would at once begin to thieve and murder..if the restraints of law and authority were removed.
1985 P. Roazen Helene Deutsch ii. xiii. 232 Cultural restraints, which bind us all and set limits on what we can accomplish, also make possible a measure of civility.
2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) v. 121 Rights are indispensable because they act as a restraint on the state.
b. As a mass noun: restraining force or influence.moral restraint: see the first element.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] > specific as applied to persons
restraint1567
1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Ciiiv So sharpe is this snaffell called restrainte, That it maketh me sweate.
1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xxiii. 36 It is a solemne assembly [margin. day of restraint].
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 87 Now Through all restraint broke loose he wings his way. View more context for this quotation
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. iii. 51 Neither is Restraint by any means peculiar to one Course of Life.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 151. ⁋9 To the happiness of our first years nothing more seems necessary than freedom from restraint.
1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 11 Moral restraint I see has no effect.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 179 Still less restraint was imposed by the government.
1904 H. Adams Mont-Saint-Michel & Chartres xiii. 262 The individual rebelled against restraint; society wanted to do what it pleased.
1990 A. Stevens On Jung iii. 33 Complexes can exercise great restraint on our ability to live our lives as freely as we might wish.
5.
a. Deprivation or restriction of a person's liberty; confinement, imprisonment. Frequently under restraint.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [noun]
safety?a1400
detentc1465
custodyc1503
straina1510
safeguard1528
violence?1535
safe custody1536
restrainta1547
detention?1570
retention1572
constraint1590
sickerness1678
deportation1909
a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 26 Thus I alone..In pryson pyne with bondage and restraynt.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 52 Th' infranchisement of Arthur, whose restraint Doth moue the murmuring lips of discontent [etc.] . View more context for this quotation
1643 Brief Narr. Late Treacherous Designe 3 M. Waller, M. Tompkins, M. Challenor, M. Hazell, and other persons, principall Actors in the same, now under restraint.
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 240 'Tis not Restraint or Liberty That makes men prisoners or free.
1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman ii. 39 Restraint from Ill is Freedom to the Wise.
1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xi. 193 Perpetual restraint is perpetual wretchedness.
1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles Introd. ii. 17 Continually we behold in the world around us lower laws held in restraint by higher.
1857 J. Ruskin Two Paths v. 244 You will find..that it is his Restraint which is honourable to man, not his Liberty.
1930 W. S. Churchill My Early Life xx. 273 If you have never been under restraint before and never known what it was to be a captive, you feel a sense of constant humiliation in being confined to a narrow space.
1990 C. Cussler Dragon (1991) ii. 28 Captain thinks Mr. Yamada has suffered nervous breakdown and has ordered him placed under restraint in his quarters.
b. A means of restricting the movement of the body or part of the body; a restraining device.head, passive restraint: see the first element.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s)
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shacklea1000
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pinion1733
manacle1838
span1856
1650 Bp. J. Taylor Funerall Serm. Countesse of Carbery 17 The soul..is in the body tanquam in alienâ demo, as in a prison, in fetters and restraints.
1683 Paraphr. & Annot. 10 First Chapters Prov. (vii. 22), in Hammond's Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (ed. 2) 446 This is thought to signifie a fetter, or some other punitive restreint belonging to the feet, which our English renders the Stocks.
1775 W. Perry Royal Standard Eng. Dict. 377/2 Tether,..a restraint for horses at pasture.
1841 in Westm. Rev. (1842) Apr. 168/2 In the course of the year several patients have been admitted in restraints.
1890 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 18 Oct. 448/1 The use of mechanical restraints, such as straps, ropes, chains, hand-cuffs, etc.
1958 Times 2 Dec. 6/1 He was trapped in the cockpit by his leg restraint.
1988 T. Harris Silence of Lambs (1991) 9 Lecter is never outside his cell without wearing full restraints and a mouthpiece.
1999 Guardian 21 Oct. i. 8/8 Prison officers denied he was held in a neckhold, an unlawful restraint.
c. The action or an act of restraining someone (esp. a violent criminal or mentally ill person) using such means; the state of being so restrained.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun]
prisonOE
wardc1290
prisoning1344
keepingc1384
imprisonment1389
prisonment1422
jail1447
fasteningc1460
warding1497
firmancea1522
incarcerationc1540
imprisoningc1542
limbo1590
limbus?a1600
endurance1610
jailing1622
restraint1829
carceration1870
holiday1901
Paddy Doyle1919
bird1924
1829 in Proc. Lincoln Asylum (1847) 22 The Governors have particularly directed their views to the subject of Coercion and Restraints.
1859 G. Robinson On Prevention & Treatm. Mental Disorders iii. iii. 217 The employment of physical restraint in the treatment of mental disorders, is..a relic of barbarism.
1915 Survey 3 Apr. 29 The abolition of mechanical restraint and the establishment of after-care for patients.
1961 D. Trouton & H. J. Eysenck in H. J. Eysenck Handbk. Abnormal Psychol. xvii. 682 Excited or aggressive psychotics..can thus be subjected to chemical rather than physical restraint.
2006 T. Neuman in D. L. Ross & T. C. Chan Sudden Deaths in Police Custody iv. 43 A number of deaths have certainly occurred in individuals who have been placed in restraint positions.
6. Restriction, limitation. Also: an instance of this.pay, wage restraint: see the first element.
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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 > [noun] > restriction or limitation
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moderation1429
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prescription1604
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confining1608
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circumscriptiona1616
definement1643
stricture1649
stinting1656
circumscribing1660
contractiona1670
confinement1678
contracting1692
narrowing1871
1566 R. Horne Answeare M. J. Fekenham f. 11v Ye haue restreigned the proufe for your contentation..and your cause..nothyng holpen by this your poore shift of restreynt.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. xi. 156 The positiue lawes which Moses gaue, they were giuen for the greatest parte with restraint to the land of Iury.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxi. 196 This restraint of Easter to a certaine number of dayes.
a1626 L. Andrewes Patterne Catechisticall Doctr. (1630) i. 131 The rules of interpretation,..are two: 1 Extension, for the bredth of the Commandement. 2. Limitation or restraint, for the narrownesse.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Polit. Touch-stone (1674) 281 The Lord High Chancellor of the Court sent to the Count the Patent..with a restraint..that he should not by any means presume to stir out of dores.
1746 J. Wesley Princ. Methodist farther Explain'd 33 Before those Words which you suppose to imply such a Restraint—were those spoken without any Restraint or Limitation at all.
?1795 W. Winterbotham Hist. View Amer. U.S. II. 194 This restraint of the American commerce to one port, not only affects its domestic state, but limits its foreign operations.
1825 J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. Apr. 286 To what extent restraints upon the freedom of the press can be considered as warranted .
1899 L. A. Stimson Pract. Treat. Fractures & Dislocations xxix. 402 A traumatic dislocation consists in the forcible overcoming of the normal restraints upon the motion of the joint.
1944 L. Mumford Condition of Man viii. 268 By removing restraints on trade a multitude of individual efforts would..create a larger quantity of wealth.
1992 New Republic 30 Nov. 6/1 International markets will reward evidence of genuine commitment to deficit restraint with lower interest rates.
2002 Police Rev. 2 Aug. 14/2 We have progressively loosened the restraints on the sale and consumption of alcohol.
Phrases
P1. without restraint: freely, copiously; without restriction.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > without restraint [phrase]
without restraint1443
at range1568
out of checka1575
at random1590
at (a or the) loose1593
on (or upon) the loose1935
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > in abundance [phrase] > freely or copiously
without restraint1443
by the eyea1500
without stint1651
1443 [see sense 2a].
1556 J. Standish Triall Supremacy sig. A.iiiv To mayntayne and defende errours, & Herysies wythoute restraynt.
1595 E. Spenser Epithalamion in Amoretti & Epithalamion xiv. sig. H2v Poure out the wine without restraint or stay.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 62 Let them come together without restraint.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 791 Greedily she ingorg'd without restraint . View more context for this quotation
1713 F. Bragge Undissembled & Persevering Relig. xiii. 417 Conscience is then generally at Liberty and Acts without Restraint.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 53 Her tears flowed silently and fast. That she might indulge them without restraint, she went to a window.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 89 The government was able..to fine, imprison, pillory and mutilate without restraint.
1957 A. C. Clarke Deep Range iii. 33 He felt he could talk freely and without restraint.
1993 Washington Post National Weekly 12 Apr. 27/2 Russia's Central Bank..has been lending without restraint to all comers.
P2.
restraint of trade n. Law interference with free-market conditions; action aimed at or resulting in this.
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society > trade and finance > [noun] > suspension of trade or commerce > act of
embargement1599
restraint of trade1622
discommoninga1645
embarring1649
discommonizing1841
1622 E. Misselden Free Trade iii. 54 Some thinke that the reducing of trade into Order and Gouernment, is a kind of Monopolizing and restraint of trade.
1695 Reasons Humbly offered for Export Woollen Manufactures to Germany (single sheet) There can be no Restraint of Trade, or Want of Buyers, by passing the Bill now depending.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. i. viii. 56 The company's charter does not warrant them in such a prohibition or restraint of trade.
1783 J. Scott Two Lett. Right Honourable Edmund Burke 54 The Ruin of the Revenues, either by the Freedom or the Restraint of Trade.
1821 C. Barton Elements Conveyancing (ed. 2) IV. iii. i. i. 59 An agreement for restraint of trade.
1890 Statutes at Large U.S.A. XXVI. 209 Every contract..in restraint of trade or commerce..is hereby declared to be illegal.
1933 Sutton & Shannon on Contracts xi. 164 A contract in restraint of trade is not contrary to public policy.
1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 31 Aug. 1/5 The two-count indictment charged conspiracy in restraint of trade in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
2001 FourFourTwo Sept. 46/4 He decided to challenge the Spanish federation's decision in court for restraint of trade.
Compounds
C1. General attributive (in sense 5).
restraint jacket n.
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1853 Daily News 14 Sept. 5/6 Did the words 'punishment jacket' which occur so frequently in the books strike you as being something more than a mere restraint jacket?
1897 ‘E. L. Prescott’ Scarlet & Steel xxxviii Restraint jacket. Made of No. 3 sail canvas, doubled and quilted with Dutch twine in squares of about four inches.
1998 D. G. Stein in L. B. Goldstein Restorative Neurology i. 28 By creating special restraint jackets for the rats, Shallert and Jones were able to restrict the use of affected or normal limbs.
restraint room n.
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1834 in R. G. Hill Total Abolition Personal Restraint (1839) 89 The wristlocks..should be..made so as to be locked by one key throughout, of which a duplicate should be hung up in each restraint room.
1950 Charleston (W. Virginia) Gaz. 5 May 36/3 Numerous violent patients, confined to restraint rooms, become sane in ten minutes.
2005 T. Yarborough Surviving Twice viii. 192 The older man was in restraints. Hieu came to the door of the restraint room and tried to talk to him.
C2.
restraint order n. Law = restraining order n. (a) at restraining adj. Compounds; spec. an order prohibiting a party from disposing of specified assets.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > judgement or decision of court > decision in writing or court order > other court orders
restraining order1780
administration order1848
restraint order1883
fraud order1905
possession order1920
variation order1940
Anton Piller order1978
1883 Daily Nebraska State Jrnl. 5 Oct. 7/3 Judge Wakeley ordered a temporary restraint order, returnable Saturday morning.
1977 Stanford Law Rev. 29 505 A newspaper was held in contempt for disobeying a temporary restraining order... According to that case, only reversal of a prior restraint order on appeal before the order was disobeyed would justify the disobedience in most cases.
1983 Bankruptcy Reporter (U.S.) (Lexis) 30 481 The Second Circuit reversed the restraint order because the Bankruptcy Court's exclusive jurisdiction over the bankrupt debtor and its property did not extend to ‘a solvent independent subsidiary of the debtor’.
2003 P. Alldridge Money Laundering Law vii. 156 The court may then make a restraint order, which prohibits any specified person from dealing with any realisable property held by him.
restraint summons n. rare (apparently) a court summons by which a person's freedom of action is restricted.
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1910 Daily Chron. 11 Mar. 5/3 The restraint summons was served on the town clerk..yesterday forenoon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† restraintadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Restrained, restricted. Frequently as past participle.
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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
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confined1605
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limitary1620
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modificated1646
circumscribed1647
conscribed1654
limitated1654
reserved1654
coarctated1655
straiteneda1665
unabsolute1694
stinted1710
bounded1711
contracted1711
cramped1741
special1815
municipal1856
fine-cut1894
stingy1927
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited
narroweOE
restraint1445
modifiedc1485
limitate1541
restricteda1550
scant1556
contract1561
limited1590
confined1605
limitary1620
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modificated1646
circumscribed1647
limitated1654
reserved1654
coarctated1655
unabsolute1694
bounded1711
contracted1711
cramped1741
crimped1828
stingy1927
1445–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Feb. 1445 §47. m. 3 That be this act the punisshement ordeigned ayenst the kynges purveiours, in no wise be restreint.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. i. sig. a v Ye puyssaunce of god is not restraynte ne bounde.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. LLiv The next day this pytte or well wyll be as full as it was, if it be nat restreynt.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. vii. f. 77 The libertie of free passage was restraynt.
1591–2 Rob Stene's Dream (1836) 14 As watteris lang restraint do gusche.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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