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Constraint

//kənˈstɹeɪnt//

Synonyms for "constraint" (181 found)

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Informal (13)

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(5 words)

drive pinch grip stress curb

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(3 words)

retardation coolness lockup

General use (168)

Noun, verb(20 words)

measure control arrest repose discipline pressure distance possession urge handicap need stint violence self-control interdict impulse duress reticence rationing caging

Name, noun, verb(8 words)

force press spur reserve brake rein goad penning

Noun(109 words)

withdrawal detachment restraint denial suppression protection stability retirement embarrassment obligation discretion coldness repression obstruction neutrality sobriety compulsion stricture circumscription calmness

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dispassion necessity gentleness hindrance abstinence forbearance restriction inhibition modesty renunciation composure injunction curtailment self-denial retrenchment evenness confinement judiciousness steadiness continence introversion moderation pacifism urgency mildness self-government aplomb abnegation inevitability nonviolence coaction impartiality deceleration exigency self-restraint conservatism arrestation frugality moderateness aloofness happy medium frigidity self-abnegation remoteness backwardness golden mean coercion lenity chilliness soberness self-possession restraint of trade renouncement via media iciness frostiness enforcement self-discipline middle way impassivity protectionism guardedness withdrawnness temperateness discreetness bashfulness self-command impassiveness impulsion uncongeniality blankness unextravagance thought control impersonality subduedness impoundment self-mastery inaccessibility standoffishness expressionlessness unapproachability compulsiveness irresistibility reservedness unaffability reticency undemonstrativeness unexpansiveness obligement

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Name, noun(8 words)

independence prudence tranquillity serenity prohibition temperance monopoly sophrosyne

Adj, noun, verb(4 words)

motive driving cooling forcing

juste milieu juste-milieu nothing in excess moderationism meden agan unexcessiveness unextremeness protective tariff legal restraint tariff wall self-conquest rash impulse retiring disposition

Verb(3 words)

slowing down cooling off cooling down

Adj, verb(1 words)

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