self-restraint

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ restraint.

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Noun

self-restraint (uncountable)

  1. Self-control, control over one's emotions, passions and actions.
    Hypernym: self-regulation
    His lack of self-restraint led to several ugly scenes of debauchery and violent outburst.
    • 2025 February 4, Bret Stephens, “Is This the End of Pax Americana?”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 5 February 2025:
      Sovereigntism means a country doing what it wants to do within only the limits of what it can do. It means the end of self-restraint within a framework of mutual restraint.

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