restraint

Noun

• a device that retards something's motion
  • the car did not have proper restraints fitted
    

• lack of ornamentation
  • the room was simply decorated with great restraint
    

• a rule or condition that limits freedom
  • legal restraints
    
  • restraints imposed on imports
    

• the state of being physically constrained
  • dogs should be kept under restraint
    

• discipline in personal and social activities
  • he was a model of polite restraint
    
  • she never lost control of herself
    

• the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
  • the unlawful restraint of trade
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  constraint , chasteness , simplicity , simpleness , control