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Collocations for restraint - noun

1. limit/control on sth

ADJ.

effective | voluntary
talks on voluntary wage restraint
conventional
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.
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.
~ on/upon
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.
sexual

VERB + RESTRAINT

exercise, show
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.

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