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[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