Collocations for restraint - noun
1. limit/control on sth
ADJ.
effective | voluntary
talks on voluntary wage restraint
talks on voluntary wage restraint
conventional
what happens when the conventional restraints on human cruelty are removed
what happens when the conventional restraints on human cruelty are removed
physical
Sometimes the care workers need to use physical restraint on the hospital patients.
Sometimes the care workers need to use physical restraint on the hospital patients.
budgetary, economic, expenditure, financial, fiscal, monetary, pay, spending, wage | contractual, judicial, legal, regulatory | cultural, moral, social
VERB + RESTRAINT
impose, use | remove
PREP.
without ~
Prices continued to rise without restraint.
Prices continued to rise without restraint.
~ on/upon
The government imposed restraints on spending.
The government imposed restraints on spending.
2. behaving in a calm/moderate way
ADJ.
considerable, great, remarkable | mutual
the mutual restraint shown by police and protesters.
the mutual restraint shown by police and protesters.
sexual
VERB + RESTRAINT
exercise, show
Journalists have exercised remarkable restraint in not reporting all the sordid details of the case.
Journalists have exercised remarkable restraint in not reporting all the sordid details of the case.
appeal for, call for
PREP.
~ by
The government called for restraint by both sides.
The government called for restraint by both sides.