restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)
The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.
The strap or part of the harness so used.
The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway; see also central reservation.
The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick.
Something that is withheld or kept back.
A limiting qualification regarding certainty; a doubt.
An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
A power of an overseeing authority to suspend legislation in the jurisdiction being overseen pending the approval of a higher authority. Such as a provincial/state governor reserving a bill passed by the state/provincial legislature from assent, pending approval of the federal government; or a federal bill passed by federal parliament being reserved by the viceroy pending approval by the crown.
A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian reserve).
The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to certain benefices.
The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).