self-control as a noun: - 1
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self-control
noun
1 self-control
The act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses.
synonyms: self-denial, self-discipline.
Roget 953:
temperance,
moderation,
sobriety,
soberness.
forbearance,
abnegation;
self-denial,
self-restraint,
self-control
etc.
(resolution)
604.
frugality;
vegetarianism,
teetotalism,
total abstinence;
abstinence,
abstemiousness;
Encratism†,
prohibition;
system of Pythagoras,
system of Cornaro;
Pythagorism,
Stoicism.
vegetarian;
Pythagorean,
gymnosophist†.
teetotaler
etc.
958;
abstainer;
designated driver;
Encratite†,
fruitarian†,
hydropot†.
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Roget 942:
disinterestedness
etc.
adj.;
generosity;
liberality,
liberalism;
altruism;
benevolence
etc.
906;
elevation,
loftiness of purpose,
exaltation,
magnanimity;
chivalry,
chivalrous spirit;
heroism,
sublimity.
self-denial,
self-abnegation,
self-sacrifice,
self-immolation,
self-control
etc.
(resolution)
604;
stoicism,
devotion,
martyrdom,
suttee.
labor of love.
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Roget 944:
virtue;
virtuousness
etc.
adj.;
morality;
moral rectitude;
integrity
etc.
(probity)
939;
nobleness
etc.
873.
morals;
ethics
etc.
(duty)
926;
cardinal virtues.
merit,
worth,
desert,
excellence,
credit;
self-control
etc.
(resolution)
604;
self-denial
etc.
(temperance)
953.
well-doing;
good actions,
good behavior;
discharge of duty,
fulfillment of duty,
performance of duty;
well-spent life;
innocence
etc.
946.
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Dutch: zelfcontrole
Polish: wyrzeczenie, prywacja
2 self-control
The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior.
synonyms: possession, self-command, self-possession, self-will, will power, willpower.
Roget 826:
inexcitability†,
imperturbability,
inirritability†;
even temper,
tranquil mind,
dispassion;
tolerance,
patience,
coolth [Coll.].
passiveness
etc.
(physical inertness)
172;
hebetude†,
hebetation†;
impassibility
etc.
(insensibility)
823;
stupefaction.
coolness,
calmness
etc.
adj.;
composure,
placidity,
indisturbance†,
imperturbation†,
sang froid [Fr.],
tranquility,
serenity;
quiet,
quietude;
peace of mind,
mental calmness.
staidness
etc.
adj.;
gravity,
sobriety,
Quakerism†;
philosophy,
equanimity,
stoicism,
command of temper;
self-possession,
self-control,
self-command,
self-restraint,
ice water in one's veins;
presence of mind.
submission
etc.
725;
resignation;
sufferance,
supportance†,
endurance,
longsufferance†,
forbearance;
longanimity†;
fortitude;
patience of Job,
patience on a monument"
[Twelfth Night],
patience 'sovereign o'er transmuted ill'"
[Johnson];
moderation;
repression of feelings,
subjugation of feeling;
restraint
etc.
751.
tranquillization
etc.
(moderation)
174†.
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Dutch: wilskracht, zelfbeheersing, zelfcontrole
Moby thesaurus: abnegation, abstinence, acceptance, aplomb, arrest, arrestation, assurance, balance, calm, calmness, check, composure, confidence, conservatism, constancy, constraint, continence, control, cool, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, coolness, curb, curtailment, deceleration, denial, determination, dignity, discipline, dispassion, doggedness, endurance, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, even temper, evenness, forbearance, forbearing, forbearingness, fortitude, frugality, gentleness, golden mean, happy medium, hindrance, impartiality, imperturbability, independence, indulgence, inhibition, injunction, interdict, judiciousness, juste-milieu, legal restraint, lenience, leniency, lenity, level head, level-headedness, levelheadedness, long-sufferance, long-suffering, longanimity, meden agan, mettle, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, monopoly, neutrality, nonviolence, nothing in excess, obduracy, pacifism, patience, patience of Job, patientness, perseverance, persistence, placidity, poise, possession, presence of mind, prohibition, protection, protectionism, protective tariff, prudence, rationing, rein, renouncement, renunciation, repose, reserve, resoluteness, resolve, restraint, restraint of trade, retardation, retrenchment, self-abnegation, self-assurance, self-command, self-confidence, self-conquest, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery, self-possession, self-restraint, serenity, slowing down, soberness, sobriety, sophrosyne, stability, steadfastness, steadiness, stoicism, sufferance, sweet reasonableness, tariff wall, temperance, temperateness, thought control, tolerance, toleration, tranquillity, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, via media, waiting game, waiting it out, well-regulated mind, will, willpower ... show more.
self-controlled
Moby thesaurus: Spartan, accepting, armed with patience, assured, automated, automatic, automatous, balanced, collected, composed, confident, controlled, cybernated, disciplined, endurant, enduring, equanimous, equilibrious, firm-minded, forbearing, forward, importunate, independent, indulgent, lenient, levelheaded, long-suffering, longanimous, patient, patient as Job, persevering, philosophical, poised, pushy, recollected, self-acting, self-active, self-adjusting, self-asserting, self-assertive, self-assured, self-closing, self-confident, self-cooking, self-directed, self-directing, self-dumping, self-expressive, self-governed, self-governing, self-lighting, self-operative, self-possessed, self-regulative, self-restrained, self-starting, self-winding, self-working, semiautomatic, spontaneous, stoic, strong-minded, strong-willed, together, tolerant, tolerating, tolerative, understanding, well-balanced ... show more.
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