Synonyms for self-restraint
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : self-ri-streynt, self- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛlf rɪˈstreɪnt, ˌsɛlf- |
Définition of self-restraint
Origin :- 1754, from self- + restraint.
- noun control over one's actions
- In no duty towards others is there more need of reticence and self-restraint.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- Only by the exercise of a self-restraint which at first seems brutal can life be endured there.
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
- And yet I could not help wondering at his natural temperance and self-restraint and manliness.
- Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato
- Mary was proud of him, proud of his courage and self-restraint.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Courage, then, and self-restraint; and thus we shall foil their aims.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- The hunting of the one is carried on with self-restraint, of the others with effrontery.
- Extract from : « The Sportsman » by Xenophon
- His powers of self-restraint were great, but he had reached their limit.
- Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
- I was happy in her gratitude and in my powers of self-restraint.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- The necessity of prudence had exasperated his self-restraint.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
- The self-restraint was at an end: his psychology must have its way.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
Antonyms for self-restraint
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