◄ Constraint ►

Dictionary
(n.) That which restrains from action; compulsion; restraint; necessity; as constraints on one's religious freedom\.

Thesaurus
abnegation abstinence aloofness aplomb arrest arrestation backwardness bashfulness blankness caging calm calmness check chilliness circumscription coaction coercion coldness composure compulsion compulsiveness confinement conservatism continence control cool cooling cooling down cooling off coolness cramp curb curtailment deceleration denial detachment discipline discreetness discretion dispassion distance drive driving duress enforcement evenness exigency expressionlessness forbearance forcing frigidity frostiness frugality gentleness goad golden mean guardedness happy medium hindrance iciness impartiality impassiveness impassivity impelling impersonality impoundment impulse impulsion inaccessibility independence inevitability inhibition injunction interdict introversion irresistibility judiciousness juste-milieu legal restraint lenity lockup meden agan middle way mildness moderateness moderation moderationism modesty monopoly motive necessity neutrality nonviolence nothing in excess obligation obligement pacifism penning pinch possession press pressure prohibition protection protectionism protective tariff prudence push rash impulse rationing rein remoteness renouncement renunciation repose repression reserve reservedness restraint restraint of trade restriction retardation reticence reticency retirement retiring disposition retrenchment self-abnegation self-command self-conquest self-control self-denial self-discipline self-government self-mastery self-possession self-restraint serenity slowing down soberness sobriety sophrosyne spring spur stability standoffishness steadiness stress subduedness suppression tariff wall temperance temperateness thought control tranquillity unaffability unapproachability uncongeniality undemonstrativeness unexcessiveness unexpansiveness unextravagance unextremeness urge urgency via media violence withdrawal withdrawnness
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Clyx.com


Constraining
Top of Page
Top of Page