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restraint
English
Etymology
From Middle English restreynte, from Old French restreinte; more at restrain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???st?e?nt/
- Rhymes: -e?nt
Noun
restraint (countable and uncountable, plural restraints)
- (countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures
- Make sure all the restraints are tight.
- (uncountable) control or caution; reserve
- Try to exercise restraint when talking to your boss.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.
Related terms
- constraint
- restrain
- restrict
Translations
Anagrams
- retransit
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composure
English
Etymology
compose +? -ure
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?m?po???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?m?p????/
- Hyphenation: com?po?sure
Noun
composure (countable and uncountable, plural composures)
- Calmness of mind or matter, self-possession.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, London, Book 6, lines 559-560,[1]
- That all may see who hate us, how we seek
- Peace and composure […]
- 1724, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, London: John Clark & Richard Hett, 3rd edition, 1729, Chapter 3, Section 3, p. 203,[2]
- It would be also of great Use to us to form our deliberate Judgments of Persons and Things in the calmest and serenest Hours of Life, when the Passions of Nature are all silent, and the Mind enjoys its most perfect Composure […]
- “Did you want anything, ma’am?” I enquired, still preserving my external composure, in spite of her ghastly countenance and strange exaggerated manner.
- 1894, Arthur Machen (translator), The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt by Giacomo Casanova, London: Elek Books, Volume 4, Chapter 16, p. 407,[3]
- He began to lose his composure, and made mistakes, his cards got mixed up, and his scoring was wild.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, London, Book 6, lines 559-560,[1]
- (obsolete) The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.
- 1818, John Evelyn, Memoirs, edited by William Bray, London: Henry Colburn, 2nd edition, Volume I, entry for 10 March, 1685, p. 592,[5]
- […] Signr Pietro […] had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching.
- 1818, John Evelyn, Memoirs, edited by William Bray, London: Henry Colburn, 2nd edition, Volume I, entry for 10 March, 1685, p. 592,[5]
- (obsolete) Orderly adjustment; disposition.
- 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, London: Richard Wilkin, Part 5, p. 230,[6]
- […] from the various Composures and Combinations of these Corpusoles together, happen all the Varieties of the Bodies formed out of them […]
- 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, London: Richard Wilkin, Part 5, p. 230,[6]
- (obsolete) Frame; make; temperament.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act I, Scene 4,[7]
- […] his composure must be rare indeed
- Whom these things can not blemish […]
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act I, Scene 4,[7]
- (obsolete) A combination; a union; a bond.
- c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene 3,[8]
- […] their fraction is more our wish than their faction: but it was a strong composure a fool could disunite.
- c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene 3,[8]
Synonyms
- (calmness): equanimity
- (calmness): See also Thesaurus:calm
Translations
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