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unrestraint

[ uhn-ri-streynt ]

/ ˌʌn rɪˈstreɪnt /

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noun

absence of or freedom from restraint.

Origin of unrestraint

First recorded in 1795–1805; un-¹ + restraint

Words nearby unrestraint

unresisting, unresolved, unresponsive, unrest, unrestrained, unrestraint, unrestricted, unretire, unrevealed, unrewarded, unrewarding

Example sentences from the Web for unrestraint

The tremulous tensity in his voice set her heart to leaping with an unrestraint yet wilder.

Counsel for the Defense |Leroy Scott
For a moment, at the frontier, the bonds of custom are broken and unrestraint is triumphant.

The Frontier in American History |Frederick Jackson Turner
Such towns as Dodge and Ogallalla offered extraordinary phenomena of unrestraint.

The Passing of the Frontier |Emerson Hough
But so also do many of the subtler forms of unrestraint or intemperate action.

Ethics |John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts

This one to Monroe is conspicuously noticeable for unrestraint and joyousness.

The Life of John Marshall (Volume 1 of 4) |Albert J. Beveridge