Restraint and Waste

Restraint

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

Waste is an antonym for restraint.

Waste

Waste noun - An instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint.
Usage example: it seems like a waste to spend my entire paycheck on a bigger TV

Restraint is an antonym for waste.

How words are described

human human restraint human waste
good good restraint good waste
little little restraint little waste
unnecessary unnecessary restraint unnecessary waste
Other adjectives: military, tremendous.

Both words in one sentence

  • Saren may have been a racist bastard without a trace of scruples or restraint even before he became the pawn of an Eldritch Abomination, but even he finds a batarian who was planning to beat a prostitute to be a repulsive waste of oxygen.
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