Restraint

Definition of Restraint

Re`straint´

n.	1.	The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental. No man was altogether above the restrains of law, and no man altogether below its protection. - Macaulay.
	2.	The state of being restrained.
	3.	That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction. For one restraint, lords of the world besides. - Milton.

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