Bounds and Restraint

Bounds

Bounds noun - The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something.

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Restraint and bounds are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Restraint" instead a noun "Bounds".

Restraint noun - The checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others.

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Bounds and restraint are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bounds" instead a noun "Restraint".

physical	physical bounds	physical restraint
certain	certain bounds	certain restraint
considerable	considerable bounds	considerable restraint
legal	legal bounds	legal restraint
Other adjectives: great, moral, last, technological.

The now-defunct Gamer Jargon website defined "Smoke Nazi" as either one who insists that no-one present smoke, and takes this insistence well beyond bounds of propriety or restraint, or one who insists on smoking, and takes this insistence well beyond bounds of propriety or restraint.

Source: The Horseshoe Effect
This loosens the last bounds of restraint among the new generation of metahumans, who begin to fight one another with abandon.

Source: Comicbook / Kingdom Come

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