self-restraining
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These two countries are called superpowers, but the name is illusory, since the power they have to level the earth and each other is self-restraining.
From Time Magazine Archive
The same sort of arguments apply to a self-restraining morality of a high type as apply to a settled postponement of the present to the future upon grounds recommended by argument.
From Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society by Bagehot, Walter
As to Conscience checking us in these breaches, making them fewer than they would otherwise be, men may arrive at such a conscience, or self-restraining sentiment, in other ways than by an innate endowment.
From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander
With the multitude, self-restraining meekness under provocation is a virtue which stands quite low in the catalogue.
From Friends and Neighbors by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
Good men, honest men, accurate men, righteous men, patient men, self-restraining men, fair men, modest men.
From Town Geology by Kingsley, Charles
