self-restraint
nounEtymology From self- + restraint.
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Self-control, control over one's emotions, passions and actions.
- His lack of self-restraint led to several ugly scenes of debauchery and violent outburst.
- 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.2025 February 4, Bret Stephens, “Is This the End of Pax Americana?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2025:
- Synonyms
- temperance