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unconstraint

[ uhn-kuh n-streynt ]

/ ˌʌn kənˈstreɪnt /

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noun

lack of constraint: Their home has a feeling of unconstraint and warm hospitableness.

Origin of unconstraint

First recorded in 1705–15; un-¹ + constraint

Words nearby unconstraint

unconsecrated, unconsidered, unconstitutional, unconstitutional strike, unconstrained, unconstraint, unconstructed, unconsummated, uncontaminated, uncontested, uncontrollable

Example sentences from the Web for unconstraint

So that his costume was beyond reproach, and he wore it with as much ease and unconstraint as he displayed in his old coat.

The Bashful Lover (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIX) |Charles Paul de Kock
Like many other vulgar men in similar circumstances, he wondered at the ease and unconstraint he felt in such choice company!

Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) |Charles James Lever
He made no approach to familiarity, scarcely to unconstraint.

Chronicles of Dustypore |Henry Stewart Cunningham
There is not an object here that does not point to the unconstraint of an easygoing life and uniform good-nature.

A Tour Through The Pyrenees |Hippolyte Adolphe Taine

Bartrow was slowly coming to his own in the matter of unconstraint.

The Helpers |Francis Lynde