restraint

noun

1. a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
2. Sometimes restraints. a means of or device for restraining, as a harness for the body.
3. the act of restraining, holding back, controlling, or checking.
4. the state or fact of being restrained; deprivation of liberty; confinement.
5. constraint or reserve in feelings, behavior, etc.

noun

1. the ability to control or moderate one’s impulses, passions, etcto show restraint
2. the act of restraining or the state of being restrained
3. something that restrains; restriction

n.

“action of restraining; means of restraint,” early 15c., from Old French restreinte, noun use of fem. past participle of restraindre (see restrain). Sense of “reserve” is from c.1600.

n.

1. An instrument or a means of restraint to prevent the infliction of harm to self or others, such as a straightjacket.
2. Control or repression of feelings; constraint.