passive restraint

[ pas-iv ri-streynt ]

/ ˈpæs ɪv rɪˈstreɪnt /

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noun

a safety device in a motor vehicle, as an airbag or special seat belt, that is activated automatically to protect the seat occupant at the moment of impact when a collision occurs.

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Origin of passive restraint

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby passive restraint

passive-matrix, passive noun, passive obedience, passive reason, passive resistance, passive restraint, passive safety, passive smoking, passive transfer, passive vocabulary, passive voice

How to use passive restraint in a sentence

If we want to prevent others from your fate, we need to stop being so passive on these issues.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen|Parker Molloy|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In a rather passive aggressive letter, the House Minority Leader wrote.
Nancy Pelosi Plays Hardball On Cromnibus|Ben Jacobs|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The restraint is banned according to NYPD regulations but it is not illegal.
After No Indictment for Eric Garner Killer, Is NYC the Next Ferguson?|Jacob Siegel|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The giant bear flicked his ears and, with unmistakable restraint, swung away and disappeared into the trees.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

These “smart benches” can do more than simply serve as passive producers of electricity.
Parks and Regeneration|The Daily Beast|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is often of great advantage, as the strength of repose is expressed to a great degree in restraint of movement.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Passive hyperemia occurs most commonly in diseases of the heart and liver and in pregnancy.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
In conversation their minds are apt to remain in a recipient passive state.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
“This accompanied it,” said Winifred, with a restraint that might have warned her hearer of the passion it strove to conceal.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
A purely passive defence is not possible for us; it implies losing ground by degrees—and we have not a yard to lose.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton