self-command

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self-com·mand (s

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Full presence of mind; self-confidence.

self-command

another term for self-control

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Noun

self-command - the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior

self-possession, will power, willpower, self-will, self-control, possession

firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolve, firmness, resolution - the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"

nerves - control of your emotions; "this kind of tension is not good for my nerves"

presence of mind - self-control in a crisis; ability to say or do the right thing in an emergency

Translations

self-command [ˌselfkəˈmɑːnd] N → dominio m sobre sí mismo, autodominio m

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control firmness firmness of purpose nerves possession presence presence of mind resoluteness resolution resolve self self-control self-mastery self-possession self-restraint self-will will power willpower			The old gentleman had arranged his features with a view to self-command, rather than external cheerfulness; and he entered the cottage on his visit of conciliation with the bearing of a clergyman come to announce a death. Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context Lady Susan, who had been shedding tears before, and showing great agitation at the idea of the meeting, received her with perfect self-command, and without betraying the least tenderness of spirit. Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context Then, again, it would never do in plain sight of the world's riveted eyes, it would never do, I say, for this straddling captain to be seen steadying himself the slightest particle by catching hold of anything with his hands; indeed, as token of his entire, buoyant self-command, he generally carries his hands in his trowsers' pockets; but perhaps being generally very large, heavy hands, he carries them there for ballast. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context			self-assured self-aware self-awareness self-balancing Self-banished self-basting Self-begotten self-belief Self-binder Self-born self-catering self-censorship self-centered self-centeredness Self-centering Self-centration self-centred self-certification Self-charity self-cleaning self-closing self-collected Self-color self-colored self-coloured self-command Self-commune Self-communicative Self-communion self-compatible Self-complacency self-complacent self-composed self-composure self-conceit self-conceited self-conceitedly self-concept self-conception self-concern Self-condemnation self-confessed self-confidence self-confident self-congratulation Self-conjugate Self-conjugate triangle self-conscious self-consciously self-consciousness Self-considering			self-cleaning self-cleaning self-cleaning contact self-cleansing mechanism self-cleansing mechanism self-cleansing mechanism self-cleansing mechanism self-cleansing velocity self-climbing tower crane self-clinching Self-Clocked Fair Queueing Self-clocking Self-clocking signal self-closing self-closing device self-closing fire assembly self-closing fire door Self-Coherence Restoral Self-Cohering Array self-collected Self-color Self-color self-colored self-colored self-colored self-colour self-colour self-coloured self-coloured self-coloured self-command Self-commune Self-communicative self-communing Self-communion Self-communion Self-Compacting Concrete self-compatibility self-compatible self-complacency self-complacent self-complacently Self-Complementary Antenna self-complementary graph self-complementing code Self-Complimentary Planar Structure self-composed self-composure Self-conceit self-conceited self-conceitedly self-concept self-concept self-conception self-concepts self-concepts self-concern self-concerned

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