Self-command

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Self-command \Self`-com*mand"\, n.
     Control over one's own feelings, temper, etc.; self-control.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  self-command
       n : the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior [syn:
           {self-control}, {self-possession}, {possession}, {willpower},
            {self-will}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-command":
     aplomb, assurance, balance, composure, confidence, constraint,
     control, discipline, equability, equanimity, equilibrium,
     independence, level head, levelheadedness, poise, possession,
     presence of mind, restraint, self-assurance, self-confidence,
     self-conquest, self-containment, self-control, self-denial,
     self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery, self-possession,
     self-restraint, uncommunicativeness, well-regulated mind,
     willpower