UNRESTRAINT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)