self-command
nounEtymology From self- + command.
1
The conscious control of one's own behaviour.
- Near-synonym: willpower
- I would wish it to be done, for the sake of what is more important than my comfort, a habit of self-command in you, a consideration of what is your duty, an attention to propriety, an endeavour to avoid the suspicions of others, to save your health and credit, and restore your tranquillity.1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 13: