self-restraint

Under the law, if a defendant charged with murder can prove they genuinely lost the ability to exercise self-restraint due to a "qualifying trigger" then they are guilty of manslaughter.

As the Conservative Party's leadership contest continues, Lord Kirkhope urged officials of all political stripes "to be careful and exercise self-restraint" with language.

Named after a 1960 Supreme Court case, the Petite Policy is a self-restraint that the Justice Department imposes on its own prosecutors concerning conduct that is already the subject of a state or local prosecution.

Lawson relied heavily on role-playing, and often asked students to taunt others with racial insults to help them learn self-restraint.

Maybe they too want their client to end up in jail—Trump’s infamous lack of self-restraint seems like a road toward more of these kinds of posts and even a Manhattan jail cell.