restraint in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for restraint in the English»French Dictionary

restraint [Brit rɪˈstreɪnt, Am rəˈstreɪnt] N

1. restraint (moderation):

restraint

modération f

to exercise restraint

faire preuve de modération

he showed remarkable restraint

il a fait preuve de beaucoup de modération

to advocate restraint

prôner la modération

2. restraint (restriction):

restraint

restriction f

to talk without restraint

parler sans retenue

pay or wage restraints

contrôle m des salaires

to impose price/wage restraints

introduire le contrôle des prix/des salaires

3. restraint (rule):

social restraints

conventions fpl sociales

head restraint N MOTOR

head restraint

repose-tête m inv

self-restraint N

self-restraint

retenue f

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urge caution, restraint, resistance

conseiller vivement, préconiser

to urge patience/restraint on sb

exhorter qn à la patience/modération

Translations for restraint in the French»English Dictionary

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autolimitation

voluntary restraint

repose-tête

head restraint

la psychiatrie répressive

psychiatric treatment involving restraint

sobriété (de personne)

restraint, sobriety form

se modérer

to exercise self-restraint (dans in)

modère-toi!

show some self-restraint!

retenue

restraint

faire preuve/manquer de retenue

to show/to lack restraint

restraint in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for restraint in the English»French Dictionary

restraint [rɪˈstreɪnt] N

1. restraint no pl (self-control):

restraint

mesure f

to exercise restraint form

faire preuve de mesure

2. restraint (restriction):

restraint

contrainte f

restraint on press

limitation f

restraint on imports

restriction f

head restraint N

head restraint

appuie-tête m

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to preach patience/restraint

exhorter à la patience/à la modération

Translations for restraint in the French»English Dictionary

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retenue

restraint

avec retenue

with restraint

se conduire avec retenue

to behave with restraint

sans retenue

without any restraint

la sobriété de ses gestes

the restraint in her gestures

restraint Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to preach patience/restraint

exhorter à la patience/à la modération

to exercise restraint form

faire preuve de mesure

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In order to speed up loading, riders are asked to secure their own restraints if they are able to.

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He has to observe restraint in his work like the actor.

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They have food taboos, which place a restraint on what they can and can not eat.

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And if social restraints are lost, does this mean that the war allows free play to bloodlust and other impulses held in check?

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When he fights without restraint, it is possible to destroy an entire city alone.

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He kept her shut up from view, and at last she grew so tired of her restraint that she was determined to fly.

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Its diet typically consists of insect (e.g. dipteran) larvae due mostly to morphological restraints, including an average gape size of around 8 mm.

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During the 2009 rebranding, new trains were deployed with new restraints added.

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Given the importance of the occasion, both sides of politics showed behaviour and restraint.

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The independent film took more than a decade to produce due to budget restraints.

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