restraint
/ɹɪˈstɹeɪnt/ sustantivo C1En español: restricción, contención, moderación
- Something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures. · Make sure all the restraints are tight.
- Control or caution; reserve. · Try to exercise restraint when talking to your boss.
Plural restraints
De la biblioteca
All took their places, or rather the ladies formed a circle, while the gentlemen (more indifferent to the restraints of what Boileau calls the style énergique) commented on the feverish agitation of Andrea, on M.
Morrel appeared and was saluted with an enthusiastic burst of applause from the crew of the Pharaon, who hailed the visit of the shipowner as a sure indication that the man whose wedding feast he thus delighted to honor would ere long be first in command of the ship; and as Dantès was universally beloved on board his vessel, the sailors put no restraint on their tumultuous joy at finding that the opinion and choice of their superiors so exactly coincided with their own.
“And the very reason why the women of this fine country, ‘where sounds the si,’ as Dante writes, put so little restraint on their words and actions, is because they live so much in public, and have really nothing to conceal.
"I cannot leave here," said my client firmly, "until I hear from Godfrey's own lips that he is under no restraint."
Aprende restraint en textos reales
Con una cuenta gratuita, pasa el cursor sobre cualquier palabra de la biblioteca para ver su significado, escúchala en voz alta, guarda palabras para repasarlas al ritmo de tu memoria y descubre cuánto de cada libro ya conoces.