<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.</li><li>A means of or device for restraining, as a harness for the body.</li><li>The act of restraining, holding back, controlling, or checking.</li><li>The state or fact of being restrained; restrained; deprivation of liberty; confinement.</li><li>Synonyms: imprisonment, incarceration, restriction, circumscription.</li><li>Antonyms: liberty.</li><li>Constraint or reserve in feelings, behavior, etc.</li></ul>