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palinode

Flag: gbEnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary
='dt'> a constraining condition, agency, or force check //put legal constraints on the board's activities //Budget constraints have forced me to revise my travel plans.
  • repression of one's own feelings, behavior, or actions //emotional constraint
    a sense of being constrained embarrassment //"… a constraint between us as if we were strangers …" — John P. Marquand
    • Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms
    continence discipline discretion inhibition refrainment repression a constraining condition, agency, or force check //put legal constraints on the board's activities //Budget constraints have forced me to revise my travel plans.
  • repression of one's own feelings, behavior, or actions //emotional constraint
    a sense of being constrained embarrassment //"… a constraint between us as if we were strangers …" — John P. Marquand
    • Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms
    continence discipline discretion inhibition refrainment repression