different between restraint vs elimination

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)

1. (countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures

   Make sure all the restraints are tight.

2. (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

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Anagrams

• retransit

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

elimination (countable and uncountable, plural eliminations)

1. The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.
2. The act of excluding a losing contestant from a match, tournament, or other competition.
3. (television) The act of voting off or throwing off a contestant in a reality television competition.
4. (biology) The act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.
5. (mathematics) The act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.
6. (logic) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction.
7. (accounting) The act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.

Related terms

• eliminable
• eliminant
• eliminate
• eliminative
• eliminator
• eliminatory

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