restraint
122
4.8
- noun
- /rɪˈstreɪnt/
:
autocontrol
- She exercised restraint when confronted with provocation, choosing to stay calm instead of reacting angrily.
- self-restraint
- show restraint
- exercise restraint
So I wasn't taught restraint and Pasha households tend to teach that.
- So I wasn't taught restraint and Pasha households tend to teach that.
- You know, analysis is paralysis, restraint of pen and tongue.
- Cool girls or cool people have remarkable restraint.
- At that time India though outraged, showed commendable restraint.
- But what that was doing was putting me into this constant mindset of restraint.
- Sono will not be showing any restraint.
Examples
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Teach honor, restraint, courage, and the value of truth.
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We need leaders who show the restraint not to cross lines they shouldn't cross.
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I probably have less restraint than some others.
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I want to say it, but do I have the restraint to not say it in this book and leave it for this book?
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But all the more reason to be proud of yourself for the restraint you showed.
Fiction book (1991) -
And I think restraint is the hardest thing, right?
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I think if we exercise patience, restraint, allow our men and women up in New York to do their job I think we'll be effective.
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As she speaks with great emotion and restraint, she seems to be talking directly to him.
Fiction book (1997) -
Our policy has been one of patience and restraint as benefits a peaceful and powerful nation which leads a worldwide alliance.
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Students also noted the restraint exercised by adults in not admonishing the children.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
∞
2.8
Ability to direct your body or its parts so they move as you want
165
3.5
Ability to control your actions and follow rules
53
3.3
Being able to stop yourself from acting on strong feelings or wants when it is hard
47
3.5
Keeping actions or feelings within reasonable limits
45
4.3
The power to control your actions, feelings, and urges when things are hard
29
6.1
Holding back your feelings or actions around other people
17
4.4
The ability to control your actions and feelings even when it is hard
9
5.2
A quiet way of acting that shows little emotion
7
4.6
The ability to control your feelings and urges
1
6.7
A calm, confident control of your feelings and actions in difficult situations
1
8.1
A tendency to keep feelings or desires inside
Ability to stay calm and control your actions and feelings
Being able to control your actions, feelings, or desires in hard situations
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.0
A rule or action that stops free competition between businesses
- Specialized
1
4.1
A padded support on top of a car seat that holds the head and reduces neck injury in a crash
An agreement between companies that limits competition, often by fixing prices, and is illegal under US law
How Restrained
17
4.4
53
3.3
122
4.8
1
6.7
47
3.5
4
5.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Restraint comes from the parts re- 'back' and strain 'to pull tight', the same root as string, so think of pulling your feelings back on a rope; that's why it means control over your emotions or urges.