Restraint may refer to:
A form of control
- Restraint, or self-control, a personal virtue
- Medical restraint, form of general physical restraint used for medical purposes
- Physical restraint, the practice of rendering people helpless or keeping them in captivity by means such as handcuffs, ropes, straps, etc.
Arts, entertainment, and media
- Restraint (book), a non-fiction book on international relations by Barry Posen
- Restraint (2008 film), an Australian thriller directed by David Deenan
- Restraint (2017 film), an American horror directed by Adam Cushman
Legal terminology
- Judicial restraint, a theory of judicial interpretation that encourages judges to limit the exercise of their own power
- Prior restraint, a government's actions that prevent materials from being distributed
- Restraint on alienation, in property law, a clause that seeks to prohibit the recipient of property from transferring his or her interest
- Restraint of trade, a restriction on a person's freedom to conduct business
- Vertical restraints, agreements between firms or individuals at different levels of the production and distribution process
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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