Help
Help noun - An act or instance of helping.
Usage example: I could use your help getting this tire back on the car
Restraint
Restraint noun - The checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others.
How words are described
| emotional | emotional help | emotional restraint |
| human | human help | human restraint |
| good | good help | good restraint |
| physical | physical help | physical restraint |
| Other adjectives: best, similar, considerable, legal, proper, great, little, personal, practical, mental, less, military, significant, tremendous, last, external, technological. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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After being taught some restraint by Doug, Todd rejoins the group for their performance of Shakespeare's The Tempest and gives a rousing performance as Prospero, with some stage magic help from Doug.
Source: School Play -
But he coughed with due restraint, lowering his head each time as if to indicate that he could not help it — that it was really something he had nothing to do with but which he must endure.
Source: Incurable Cough of Death - Employee restraint clauses—also called restrictive covenants or covenants not to compete—are supposed to help defy this by preventing companies from creating their own competitors, at least for a time.
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