restraint

restraint, n.

1. Confinement, abridgment, or limitation (a restraint on the freedom of speech). See PRIOR RESTRAINT.

2. Prohibition of action; holding back (the victim’s family exercised no restraint — they told the suspect exactly what they thought of him).

3. RESTRAINT OF TRADE.

4. FORFEITURE RESTRAINT.

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资深译员姚坚，国际知名语言学院法律翻译专业，擅长翻译各类与主权诉讼，仲裁及债务解决相关的法律文件。