Restraining
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act by which someone or something is restrained.
"She had the privilege of a soul beyond our minor rules and restrainings to speak her wishes to the true wife of a mock husband—no husband; less a husband than this shadow of a woman a wife, she said; […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of restrain form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"The restraining role that the community once played is losing its force as adults become reluctant to reprimand other people's unruly children."