restraint

• His defensive tone suggested that his restraint was an exception to the wider atmosphere during the Gaza fighting. —  The American Prospect Articles
• Fruit fruit and fruit, balance and restraint -- restraint, yes, because this wine weighs in at 14. 5\% hap-pi-nessss. —  mondosapore
• "The Muslim Brotherhood rejects the proposal because the only clear stipulation so far is for a temporary ceasefire and for both sides to show 'restraint' -- as if the two sides were military equals," Hamdi Hassan, prominent MP for the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition movement, told IPS. —  Electronic Intifada : Palestine
• For Fatah senior leaders, this restraint is the path to a Palestinian state, The Christian Science Monitor reported Wednesday. —  Latest News - UPI.com
• Hamburger argues that this ideal of judicial self-restraint was attainable because the duty to enforce the law of the land, including the constitution, being inherent in the office of the judge, rested on every judge and applied in every case. —  Powell's Books: Overview

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