non-restraint
/ˌnɒnrɪˈstreɪnt/noun
The practice or principle of not restraining; specifically the principle of not physically restraining patients in a psychiatric hospital, etc. Frequently attributive, as non-restraint system, non-restraint movement, etc.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Lancet. From non- + restraint.
- bettong
- bettor
- be tuned in
- between
- between a rock and a hard place
- between jobs
- between ourselves (or you and me)
- between the devil and the deep blue sea
- between you and me and the bedpost (or the gatepost or the wall)
- between you and me and the gatepost
- between you and me and the wall
- be twice the man/woman (that someone is)
- betwixt
- betwixt and between
- be two a penny
- be two (or ten) a penny
- beun
- be unable to believe one's eyes (or ears)
- be unable to hear oneself think
- be unable to (or be hardly able to) believe one's luck
- be unable to punch one's way out of a paper bag
- be unable to see the wood (or the forest) for the trees
- be under no illusion (or illusions)
- be under the illusion that
- be up shit creek