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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. exhibiting restraint imposed on the self;
- Example: "an effective temperateness in debate"
[syn: self-restraint, temperateness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Self-restraint \Self`-re*straint"\, n. Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

self-restraint n 1: exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective temperateness in debate" [syn: self-restraint, temperateness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

77 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-restraint": abnegation, abstinence, aplomb, assurance, balance, calm, calmness, composure, confidence, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, cool, denial, discipline, dispassion, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, evenness, forbearance, frugality, gentleness, golden mean, happy medium, impartiality, independence, judiciousness, juste-milieu, lenity, level head, levelheadedness, meden agan, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, neutrality, nonviolence, nothing in excess, pacifism, poise, possession, presence of mind, prudence, renouncement, renunciation, repose, restraint, self-abnegation, self-assurance, self-command, self-confidence, self-conquest, self-control, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery, self-possession, serenity, soberness, sobriety, sophrosyne, stability, steadiness, temperance, temperateness, tranquillity, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, via media, well-regulated mind, willpower