self-restraint

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self-re·straint (s

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Restraint of one's emotions, desires, or inclinations; self-control.

self-restraint

restraint imposed by oneself on one's own feelings, desires, etc.

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Noun

self-restraint - exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective temperateness in debate"

temperateness

restraint, control - discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"

stiff upper lip - self-restraint in the expression of emotion (especially fear or grief); "the British like to keep a stiff upper lip"

self-restraint

noun self-control, self-discipline, willpower, patience, forbearance, abstemiousness, self-command We've been exercising self-restraint in our resistance to occupation.

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