moral restraint
1moral restraint — A restraint upon the actions of a person, not by the exertion of physical power or the giving of directions, orders, or commands, merely by his conformity to wishes or desires of another. 25 Am J1st Hab C § 24 …
2Moral treatment — was an approach to mental disorder based on humane psychosocial care or moral discipline that emerged in the 18th century and came to the fore for much of the 19th century, deriving partly from psychiatry or psychology and partly from religious… …
3Moral Theology — • Limited to those doctrines which discuss the relations of man and his free actions to God and his supernatural end, and propose the means instituted by God for the attainment of that end Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Moral Theology …
4restraint — noun 1 limit/control on sth ADJECTIVE ▪ voluntary ▪ agreements on voluntary export restraints ▪ conventional ▪ What happens when the conventional restraints on human cruelty are removed? ▪ …
5Moral liberty — Liberty Lib er*ty (l[i^]b [ e]r*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Liberties} ( t[i^]z). [OE. liberte, F. libert[ e], fr. L. libertas, fr. liber free. See {Liberal}.] 1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming… …
6Moral responsibility — For other types of responsibility, see Responsibility (disambiguation). Part of a series on Freedom …
7restraint — noun 1 (U) the ability not to do something that you very much want to do, because you know it is more sensible not to do it: The police were commended for their restraint in handling the disturbances. | show/exercise restraint: I think he showed… …
8moral — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 practical lesson VERB + MORAL ▪ draw ▪ There are clear morals to be drawn from the failure of these companies. PREPOSITION ▪ moral to ▪ …
9Labour Unions (Moral Aspects) — Labour Unions (Moral Aspects) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Labour Unions (Moral Aspects) Since a labour union is a society, its moral aspects are determined by its constitution, its end, its results, and the means employed in pursuit of… …
10self-restraint — n 1. self control, control, restraint, self discipline. See self denial(def. 2). 2. abstemiousness, abstinence, abstention, Puritanism, nonindulgence. See self denial(def. 3). 3. will power, strength of character, moral fiber. See self… …
