Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun containment

3 senses of containment

Sense 1
containment -- (a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully; "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975")
       => policy -- (a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group; "it was a policy of retribution"; "a politician keeps changing his policies")

Sense 2
containment -- ((physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor)
       => system -- (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer")

Sense 3
containment -- (the act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion")
       => restraint -- (the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade")