#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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