RESTRAINT

restraint,n.1. Confinement, abridgment, or limitation <a restraint on the freedom of speech>.

See PRIOR RESTRAINT. 2. Prohibition of action; holding back <the victim’s family exercised no

restraint — they told the suspect exactly what they thought of him>.3.RESTRAINT OF TRADE.

4.FORFEITURE RESTRAINT . [Blacks Law 8th]