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Synonyms for self-restraint
self-re·straint
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self-restraint
Abstinence from food commonly signifies going without; abstemiousness, partaking moderately; abstinence may be for a single occasion, abstemiousness is habitual moderation. Self-denial is giving up what one wishes; abstinence may be refraining from what one does not desire. Fasting is abstinence from food for a limited time, and generally for religious reasons. Sobriety and temperance signify maintaining a quiet, even temper by moderate indulgence in some things, complete abstinence from others. We speak of temperance in eating, but of abstinence from vice. Total abstinence has come to signify the entire abstaining from intoxicating liquors.
Synonyms:
abstemiousness, abstinence, continence, fasting, frugality, moderation, self-control, self-denial, sobriety, temperanceAntonyms:
drunkenness, excess, gluttony, greed, intemperance, intoxication, reveling, revelry, self-indulgence, sensuality, wantonnessPreposition:
The negative side of virtue is abstinence from vice.
Princeton's WordNet
self-restraint, temperatenessnoun
exhibiting restraint imposed on the self
"an effective temperateness in debate"
Synonyms:
fair weather, sunshine, temperateness
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#6611 | sunshine | |
#15035 | restraint | |
#17149 | moderation | |
#20872 | fasting | |
#24124 | abstinence | |
#38214 | temperance | |
#41208 | sobriety | |
#54982 | continence | |
#95106 | frugality |
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Japan strongly demands North Korea to exercise self-restraint and will take all necessary measures, such as warning and surveillance activity, to be able to respond to any situations.
The persistence of dredging, along with construction and militarization on China's artificial islands, underscore Beijing's unwillingness to exercise self-restraint and look for diplomatic paths to reduce tensions, on the eve of President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States, Beijing appears to be sending a message to President Barack Obama that China is determined to advance its interests in the South China Sea even if doing so results in heightened tensions with the United States.
The movement has a large degree of self-restraint and solidarity, but of course that's very conditional, if certain actions spin out of control, if say someone dies from it, then that might be a game-changer.
It took me twenty years of studied self-restraint, aided by the natural decay of my faculties, to make myself dull enough to be accepted as a serious person by the British public.
Marriage teaches you loyalty, forbearance, self-restraint, meekness, and a great many other things you wouldn't need if you had stayed single.
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- itsekuriFinnish
- ಸ್ವಯಂ ಸಂಯಮKannada
- 자제Korean
- santūrumasLithuanian
- zelfbeheersingDutch
- autodomínioPortuguese
- самообладание, сдержанностьRussian
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