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restraint
noun as in self-control
noun as in limitation; something that holds
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Example Sentences
"She was loved and admired across the globe for her steadfast devotion to duty, borne with grace, decency and restraint."
“At this stage, where little evidence has been offered, the latter would constitute an unconstitutional prior restraint of political activity that may or may not prove to be lawful.”
It is tempting to dismiss political violence as a leftover from some “primitive” or “frontier” stage of American history, when politicians and their supporters supposedly lacked restraint or higher moral standards.
They said nurses quickly resorted to force, including physical restraint and dragging patients down corridors, leaving them bruised and traumatised.
Departmental budgets have already been set in the Spending Review, and there is no plan to reopen that process, which must mean that any restraint will have to come from the wider Welfare Bill.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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