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restraint
noun
Control over one's impulses, or a limit placed on an action.
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He showed restraint by waiting until the speaker had finished.
The center later chose to rescind an earlier permission to store crates in a corridor after discovering a conflict with another scheduled activity. The exhibition chair questioned the propriety of announcing the change in a public message before informing the artists whose deliveries were affected. She nevertheless exercised restraint in her reply, asking for a practical alternative instead of accusing the staff of deliberately obstructing the event.
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