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self-restraint |
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self-restraint Noun control imposed by oneself on one's own feelings, desires, or actions
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But as she could do nothing, she resolutely made up her mind to self-restraint and patience. Mary's white muslin dress suited her particularly well, and she seemed the personification of innocence and love as she sat, now bending her head, now gazing up at the very tall and handsome man who was speaking to her with particular tenderness and self-restraint, as if he feared by word or gesture to offend or sully her angelic purity. The virtues, also, such as justice, self-restraint, and so on, are not easily dislodged or dismissed, so as to give place to vice. |
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