#restraint  the act controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade"
  supertype:  control  the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"
  subtype:  collar  a figurative restraint; "a collar on program trading in the stock market"
  subtype:  damper  a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic plans"
  subtype:  curb__bridle__check  the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"
  subtype:  immobilization__immobilisation__immobilizing  the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement: "the immobilizing of the injured knee was necessary"; "the storm caused complete immobilization of the rescue team"
  subtype:  confinement  the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
     subtype:  imprisonment.confinement__internment  the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
        subtype:  false_imprisonment__falseimprisonment  (law) confinement without legal authority
        subtype:  custody  holding by the police; "the suspect is in custody"
     subtype:  house_arrest__housearrest  confinement to your own home
     subtype:  committal__commitment__consignment  the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
  subtype:  containment.restraint  the act of containing; "the army was charged with the containment of the rebel forces"
  subtype:  suppression__curtailment  the act of suppressing
     subtype:  crackdown  severely repressive actions
  subtype:  restraint_of_trade  any act that tends to prevent free competition in business
  subtype:  restriction  the act of restricting by restraint
     subtype:  classification  restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people
     subtype:  stipulation__specification  a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
     subtype:  circumscription  the act of circumscribing
     subtype:  constraint  the act of constraining
        subtype:  swaddling_clothes__swaddlingclothe  restrictions placed on the immature

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