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nonrestraint

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[non-ri-streynt] / ˌnɒn rɪˈstreɪnt /

noun

  1. absence or lack of restraint.

Etymology

Origin of nonrestraint

First recorded in 1840–50; non- + restraint

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It is only when one is greatly out of proportion to the other that hateful mastery or loveless nonrestraint occurs.

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