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UNRESTRAINT
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I. (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)
