Phrase guide

restraining order

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An order issued by a court of law or other legal authority for a specified timeframe forbidding the restrained party from contacting and being in close proximity to the protected party and other restrictions, usually banning the possession of arms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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noun

Meaning 2

An order by a judge or other legal authority that prevents an action by a government or institution.

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Topics: law

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ограничителна заповед (ograničitelna zapoved) — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Chinese Mandarin: 限制令 (xiànzhìlìng) — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Chinese Mandarin: 禁止令 (jìnzhǐlìng) — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Czech: soudní zákaz — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Dutch: contactverbod — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Dutch: gebiedsverbod — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Estonian: lähenemiskeeld — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Finnish: lähestymiskielto — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • French: ordonnance restrictive — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • French: interdiction de contact — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Georgian: შემაკავებელი ორდერი (šemaḳavebeli orderi) — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • German: Kontaktverbot — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • German: Distanzgebot — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • German: Gewaltschutzverfügung — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Hungarian: távoltartás — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Hungarian: távoltartási végzés — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Icelandic: nálgunarbann — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Japanese: 接近禁止命令 (sekkin kinshi meirei) — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Russian: суде́бный запре́т (sudébnyj zaprét) — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Russian: запрети́тельный суде́бный прика́з (zapretítelʹnyj sudébnyj prikáz) — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Spanish: orden de alejamiento — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Swedish: besöksförbud — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party
  • Swedish: kontaktförbud — order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party