🇬🇧 Restraint meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

“Restraint” is something that stops or limits a person or thing so it doesn’t go too far or get out of control. It can be a rule, a rope, a seat belt, or even self‑control inside your mind that says, “That’s enough, don’t do more.” Restraint helps keep people safe, calm, and sensible instead of wild and out of control.

Grandma’s cookie jar now has a combination lock as a restraint against “cookie ninjas” like me.

The only restraint on my baby brother’s volume is when he finally runs out of breath from screaming about a missing sock.

The teacher’s strongest restraint on chaos was the sentence, “This will be on the test.”

The teacher added a restraint on glue use after one kid glued his paper, his desk, and his own elbow together.

We put a restraint on Dad’s “dad jokes” at dinner: maximum three, or dessert is canceled for him.

At midnight she stood before a glowing cake and felt restraint. The restraint in her chest tightened as she reached. A small wooden box on the table held a ribbon labelled restraint; she tied it loosely round the knife. That physical restraint and her quiet restraint kept her hands steady. She stepped back, breathing, and smiled.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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