different between restrained vs strict

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?nd

Adjective

restrained (comparative more restrained, superlative most restrained)

1. Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.

Translations

Verb

restrained

1. simple past tense and past participle of restrain

   He was restrained by the straight jacket.

Anagrams

• irredentas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of strait and stretto. See stringent, strain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Adjective

strict (comparative stricter, superlative strictest)

1. Strained; drawn close; tight.

2. Tense; not relaxed.

3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.

4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.

5. Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.

6. (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
7. Severe in discipline.

   Antonyms: lenient, lax, permissive

8. (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.

Usage notes

• Stricter and strictest are the grammatically correct forms for the comparative and superlative though outside UK more strict and most strict are more often used.

Derived terms

• stricten
• strictly
• strictness

Related terms

• stricture
• stringent
• strain

Translations

Further reading

• strict in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• strict in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strictus, perfect participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of étroit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?ikt/

Adjective

strict (feminine singular stricte, masculine plural stricts, feminine plural strictes)

1. strict

Derived terms

• strictement

Further reading

• “strict” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French strict, from Latin strictus.

Adjective

strict m or n (feminine singular strict?, masculine plural stric?i, feminine and neuter plural stricte)

1. strict

Declension