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 movement, passive noun, passive obedience, passive reason, passive resistance, passive restraint, passive safety, passive smoke, passive smoking, passive transfer, passive tremor

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