restraints
- 1Plural of restraint.
Budget restraints forced the team to cancel several planned projects.
The hospital reviewed its use of physical restraints on agitated patients.
Note
A plural that only one half of restraint can take. The countable sense, meaning whatever ties, fastens or holds something back, pluralizes freely: physical restraints, budget restraints. The other half, restraint as control, caution or reserve, is a mass noun. A person shows restraint, never restraints. If the sentence is about self-command rather than devices or limits, keep the word singular.
restraints is a form of restraint
restraint, noun: Self-control or moderation in how one acts, speaks, or reacts; a holding back of feeling or impulse. Full entry
- Forms
- restraintrestraints plural
- Spelling
- restraint → restraints: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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