Timeline for What would be the term to describe someone who has power, but chooses not to use it?
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| Apr 6, 2023 at 23:55 | answer | added | Michael St. John | timeline score: -1 | |
| May 14, 2020 at 20:07 | comment | added | Steve Lovell | Restrained seems a good option. | |
| May 12, 2020 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1260268509822627840 | ||
| May 12, 2020 at 14:46 | answer | added | Rayan Khan | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 12, 2020 at 9:10 | comment | added | user147593 | Seems like a person who can be characterised as a 'gentle giant'. | |
| May 12, 2020 at 4:14 | comment | added | Conrado | I would need to know why he chooses not to use his power. Otherwise, he is generally self-controlled: dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/self-controlled | |
| May 12, 2020 at 1:38 | answer | added | Richard Kayser | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 12, 2020 at 0:45 | comment | added | Weather Vane | Probably not quite what you want, but someone who pulls their punches shows what they can do, without causing harm. Literally, it means to punch someone and stop short so that the blow does not hurt, but does actually touch. | |
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| May 12, 2020 at 0:38 | history | asked | Lt78 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |