restraint
Example Sentences
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Leaning forward, my hands on my knees, I count and breathe, count and breathe, forcing calm, restraint.
From Literature
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have a mutual defence pact and in another meeting, Sharif told Farhan that Riyadh had shown "remarkable restraint" in the crisis.
From Barron's
Their restraint appears to be one of the Iran war’s casualties.
It requires restraint, patience and a willingness to confront ideas that don't affirm one’s own perspective.
The World Health Organisation said that the conflict was at a "perilous stage" and called for restraint.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
