THESAURUS
restraint
Atticism, Oregon boat, abnegation, absolutism, abstinence, aloofness, aplomb, appropriateness, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, assurance, backwardness, balance, ban, bashfulness, bilbo, blankness, block, blockage, blocking, bond, bond service, bondage, bonds, bounds, bracelets, bridle, caging, calm, calmness, camisole, captivity, censorship, chains, chasteness, chastity, check, chilliness, circumscription, clarity, classicalism, classicism, clearness, clogging, closing up, closure, coaction, coldness, collar, comeliness, composure, compulsion, compulsiveness, confidence, confinement, conservatism, constraint, constriction, continence, control, cool, coolness, correctness, cramp, cuffs, curb, curtailment, debt slavery, delay, delimitation, deprivation of freedom, detachment, detainment, detention, dignity, directness, discipline, discreetness, discretion, discrimination, disenfranchisement, disfranchisement, dispassion, distance, distinction, domination, ease, elegance, elegancy, embargo, enforcement, enslavement, enthrallment, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, evenness, expressionlessness, felicitousness, felicity, fetter, fetters, feudalism, feudality, finish, fittingness, fixation, flow, flowing periods, fluency, foot-dragging, forbearance, forcing, frigidity, frostiness, frugality, gag, gentleness, golden mean, good taste, grace, gracefulness, gracility, guardedness, gyves, halter, hamper, hampering, handcuffs, happy medium, helotism, helotry, hindering, hindrance, hobbles, holdback, holdup, hopples, iciness, impartiality, impassiveness, impassivity, impediment, impersonality, impoundment, inaccessibility, indentureship, independence, inevitability, inhibition, interdict, interdiction, interference, interruption, introversion, irons, irresistibility, judiciousness, juste-milieu, leading strings, leash, lenity, let, level head, levelheadedness, limit, limitation, limpidity, lockup, lucidity, manacle, meden agan, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, modesty, muzzle, naturalness, neatness, necessity, negativism, neutrality, nonviolence, nothing in excess, nuisance value, obligation, obligement, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, pacifism, pellucidity, penning, peonage, perspicuity, pillory, plainness, poise, polish, possession, presence of mind, propriety, proscription, prudence, psychological block, purity, quietness, refinement, rein, reins, remoteness, renouncement, renunciation, repose, repression, reserve, reservedness, resistance, restrainedness, restraints, restriction, retardation, retardment, reticence, reticency, retirement, retiring disposition, seemliness, self-abnegation, self-assurance, self-command, self-confidence, self-conquest, self-control, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery, self-possession, self-
restraint, serenity, serfdom, serfhood, servility, servitude, setback, shackle, shackles, simplicity, slavery, smoothness, soberness, sobriety, sophrosyne, squeeze, stability, standoffishness, steadiness, stocks, straightforwardness, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, stranglehold, stricture, subduedness, subjection, subjugation, suppression, taboo, taste, tastefulness, temperance, temperateness, terseness, tether, thrall, thralldom, trammel, trammels, tranquillity, tyranny, unaffability, unaffectedness, unapproachability, uncongeniality, undemonstrativeness, understatement, unexcessiveness, unexpansiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, unobtrusiveness, vassalage, via media, villenage, well-regulated mind, withdrawal, withdrawnness, yoke
ROGET THESAURUS
restraint
Hindrance
N
hindrance, prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage, embolus, embolism, infarct, interruption, interception, interclusion, hindrance, impedition, retardment, retardation, embarrassment, oppilation, coarctation, stricture, restriction,
restraint, inhibition, blockade, interference, interposition, obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag, check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar, stile, barrier, turnstile, turnpike, gate, portcullis, beaver dam, trocha, barricade, wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne, bulkhead, block, buffer, stopper, boom, dam, weir, burrock, drawback, objection, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, lion in the path, snag, snags and sawyers, encumbrance, incumbrance, clog, skid, shoe, spoke, drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive, prophylactic, load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight, lumber, pack, nightmare, Ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea, remora, difficulty, insuperable, obstacle, estoppel, ill wind, head wind, trammel, tether, hold back, counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher, interloper, trail of a red herring, opponent, hindering, obstructive, obstruent, impeditive, impedient, intercipient, prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable, onerous, burdensome, cumbrous, cumbersome, obtrusive, hindered, windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c (assist), single-handed, alone, deserted, occurrent nubes.
Opposition
N
opposition, antagonism, oppugnancy, oppugnation, impugnation, contrariety, contravention, counteraction, counterplot, cross fire, undercurrent, head wind, clashing, collision, conflict, competition, two of a trade, rivalry, emulation, race, absence of aid, resistance,
restraint, hindrance, opposing, opposed, adverse, antagonistic, contrary, at variance, at issue, at war with, unfavorable, unfriendly, hostile, inimical, cross, unpropitious, in hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers drawn, up in arms, resistant, competitive, emulous, against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes, against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide, with a headwind, with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth, in spite, in despite, in defiance, in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of, across, athwart, overthwart, where the shoe pinches, in spite of one's teeth, though, even, quand meme, per contra, nitor in adversum.
Compulsion
N
compulsion, coercion, coaction, constraint, duress, enforcement, press, conscription, force, brute force, main force, physical force, the sword, ultima ratio, club law, lynch law, mob law, arguementum baculinum, le droit du plus fort, martial law,
restraint, necessity, force majeure, Hobson's choice, compelling, coercive, coactive, inexorable, compulsory, compulsatory, obligatory, stringent, peremptory, forcible, not to be trifled with, irresistible, compelled, fain to, by force, by force of arms, on compulsion, perforce, vi et armis, under the lash, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet, forcibly, by a strong arm, under protest, in spite of one's teeth, against one's will, nolens volens, by stress of circumstances, by stress of weather, under press of, de rigueur, with a gun to one's head, I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.
Restraint
N
restraint, hindrance, coercion, cohibition, constraint, repression, suppression, discipline, control, confinement, durance, duress, imprisonment, incarceration, coarctation, entombment, mancipation, durance vile, limbo, captivity, blockade, arrest, arrestation, custody, keep, care, charge, ward, restringency, curb, lettres de cachet, limitation, restriction, protection, monopoly, prohibition, prisoner, repressionist, restrained, constrained, imprisoned, pent up, jammed in, wedged in, under lock and key, under
restraint, under hatches, in swaddling clothes, on parole, in custody, doing time, cohibitive, coactive, stiff, restringent, strait-laced, hidebound, barkbound, ice bound, wind bound, weather bound, cabined cribbed confined, in Lob's pound, laid by the heels.
Inexcitability
N
inexcitability, imperturbability, inirritability, even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion, tolerance, patience, coolth, passiveness, hebetude, hebetation, impassibility, stupefaction, coolness, calmness, composure, placidity, indisturbance, imperturbation, sang froid, tranquility, serenity, quiet, quietude, peace of mind, mental calmness, staidness, gravity, sobriety, Quakerism, philosophy, equanimity, stoicism, command of temper, self-possession, self-control, self-command, self-
restraint, ice water in one's veins, presence of mind, submission, resignation, sufferance, supportance, endurance, longsufferance, forbearance, longanimity, fortitude, patience of Job, patience on a monument, patience 'sovereign o'er transmuted ill', moderation, repression of feelings, subjugation of feeling,
restraint, tranquillization, inexcitable, unexcitable, imperturbable, unsusceptible, unpassionate, dispassionate, cold-blooded, irritable, enduring, stoical, Platonic, philosophic, staid, stayed, sober, sober minded, grave, sober as a judge, grave as a judge, sedate, demure, cool-headed, easy-going, peaceful, placid, calm, quiet as a mouse, tranquil, serene, cool as a cucumber, cool as a custard, undemonstrative, temperate, composed, collected, unexcited, unstirred, unruffled, undisturbed, unperturbed, unimpassioned, unoffended, unresisting, meek, tolerant, patient, patient as Job, submissive, tame, content, resigned, chastened, subdued, lamblike, gentle as a lamb, suaviter in modo, mild as mothers milk, soft as peppermint, armed with patience, bearing with, clement, long-suffering, like patience on a monument smiling at grief, aequo animo, in cold blood, more in sorrow than in anger, Int, patience!, and shuffle the cards, cool calm and collected, keep calm in the midst of a storm, adversity's sweet milk, philosophy, mens aequa in arduis philosophia stemma non inspec, quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes, they also serve who only stand and wait.
