restrainment
/rɪˈstreɪnm(ə)nt/Now rare
noun
The action or an act of restraining; restraint.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Laurence Tomson (1539–1608), administrator. From restrain + -ment. Compare Old French restrendement self-restraint, privation, restraignement repression of the blood-flow, Old Occitan restrenhemen act of shrinking.
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