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unrestraint

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un·re·straint  (nr-strnt)
n.
Want of or freedom from restraint.
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Noun1.unrestraintunrestraint - the quality of lacking restraint
indiscipline, undiscipline - the trait of lacking discipline
intemperance - the quality of being intemperate
abandon, unconstraint, wantonness - the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"
looseness - freedom from restraint; "the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made"
sottishness - lack of restraint in use of alcohol
restraint, control - discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"
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Unselfish as he was in the abstract, Shelley's enthusiast's egotism and the unrestraint of his emotions rendered him fitful, capricious, unable to appreciate any point of view but his own, and therefore when irritated or excited capable of downright cruelty in concrete cases.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
And for the unrestraint of her manner defective training in early girlhood would account.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
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