UNRESTRAINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unrestraint mean? 

• UNRESTRAINT (noun)
  The noun UNRESTRAINT has 1 sense:

1. the quality of lacking restraint

  Familiarity information: UNRESTRAINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNRESTRAINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of lacking restraint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("unrestraint" is a kind of...):

indiscipline; undiscipline (the trait of lacking discipline)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unrestraint"):

intemperance (the quality of being intemperate)

abandon; unconstraint; wantonness (the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry)

looseness (freedom from restraint)

sottishness (lack of restraint in use of alcohol)

Antonym:

restraint (discipline in personal and social activities)