restraining ordernoun [ C ]
uk/rɪˈstreɪ.nɪŋ ˌɔː.dər/us/rɪˈstreɪ.nɪŋ ˌɔːr.dɚ/specializeda written instruction made by a court that forbids (= does not allow) a particular action until a judge has made a decision about the matter:
She obtained a restraining order forbidding her partner from seeing their two children.
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