self-re·straint (s lf r -str nt )n. Restraint of one's emotions, desires, or inclinations; self-control. |
self-restraint
n
restraint imposed by oneself on one's own feelings, desires, etc.
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| Noun | 1. | self-restraint - exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective temperateness in debate" 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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