restrainedadjective
uk/rɪˈstreɪnd/us/rɪˈstreɪnd/acting in a calm and controlled way:
I was expecting him to be furious but he was very restrained.
controlled:
a more restrained policy on mortgage lending
The tone of his poetry is restrained and unemotional.
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Self-control and moderation
- be in command (of yourself) idiom
- collect
- command
- constraint
- continent
- cut your coat according to your cloth idiom
- decorous
- dignified
- grip
- impervious
- lightly
- mind over matter idiom
- moderation
- moderation in all things idiom
- monastic
- restrict yourself to sth
- rise above sth
- self-controlled
- self-denial
- self-discipline
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