unconstraint

[uhn-kuh n-streynt]

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noun

lack of constraint: Their home has a feeling of unconstraint and warm hospitableness.

Origin of unconstraint

First recorded in 1705–15; un-¹ + constraint

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Related Words for unconstraint

charter, right, exemption, certificate, grant, consent, immunity, permit, privilege, ticket, warrant, authorization, casualness, simplicity, spontaneity, familiarity, nonchalance, composure, quickness, dexterity

Examples from the Web for unconstraint

Historical Examples of unconstraint

He made no approach to familiarity, scarcely to unconstraint.
Chronicles of Dustypore
Henry Stewart Cunningham
Bartrow was slowly coming to his own in the matter of unconstraint.
The Helpers
Francis Lynde
The old red blood and stainless gentility of great poets will be proved by their unconstraint.
The Oxford Book of American Essays
Various
So that his costume was beyond reproach, and he wore it with as much ease and unconstraint as he displayed in his old coat.
The Bashful Lover (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIX)
Charles Paul de Kock
Like many other vulgar men in similar circumstances, he wondered at the ease and unconstraint he felt in such choice company!
Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2)
Charles James Lever