The act or operation of holding back or hindering from motion, in any manner; hinderance of the will, or of any action, physical, moral or mental.

Abridgment of liberty; as the restraint of a man by imprisonment or by duress.

Prohibition. The commands of God should be effectual restraints upon our evil passions.

Limitation; restriction. If all were granted, yet it must be maintained, within any bold restraints, far otherwise than it is received.

That which restrains, hinders or represses. The laws are restraints upon injustice.