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

In brief, as much amazement was expressed as though "men of business" were commonly infallible, and the world had never heard of a man of business whose conduct was not ruled by self-restraining prudence.

From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

Honest, industrious, and self-restraining men will make a very bad social organization prosper; while vicious, idle, and reckless citizens will bring to ruin the best that ever was, or ever will be, invented.

From Evolution and Ethics by Huxley, Thomas Henry

It was beyond the ordinary scope of the self-restraining forces in Moonface to await with calm the recovery of Lightfoot's breath and powers of conversation.

From The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man by Waterloo, Stanley

Suffering under the sting of such a fearful apprehension, it required me to exert all the self-restraining power of which I was possessed.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne