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Restraint Calm Controlled Unemotional Behaviour Behaved Expected Speak

query
R________ is calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour .Restraint is calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour .
They behaved with more restraint than I'd expected.
I'll speak to the staff and ask them to exercise restraint and common sense.
word restraint
full-definition
noun
Restraints are rules or conditions that limit or restrict someone or something.
The Prime Minister is calling for new restraints on trade unions.
With open frontiers, criminals could cross into the country without restraint.
Restraint is calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour .
They behaved with more restraint than I'd expected.
I'll speak to the staff and ask them to exercise restraint and common sense.
Restraint of something is the act of preventing it from increasing too much or from being done freely.
For a year and a half, wage restraint on a voluntary basis worked.
He sued them for restraint of trade and won.
inflections restraints
cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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