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

  Self-restraint \Self`-re*straint"\, n.
     Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  self-restraint
       n : exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective
           temperateness in debate" [syn: {temperateness}]

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

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-restraint":
     abnegation, abstinence, aplomb, assurance, balance, calm, calmness,
     composure, confidence, conservatism, constraint, continence,
     control, cool, denial, discipline, dispassion, equability,
     equanimity, equilibrium, evenness, forbearance, frugality,
     gentleness, golden mean, happy medium, impartiality, independence,
     judiciousness, juste-milieu, lenity, level head, levelheadedness,
     meden agan, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation,
     moderationism, neutrality, nonviolence, nothing in excess,
     pacifism, poise, possession, presence of mind, prudence,
     renouncement, renunciation, repose, restraint, self-abnegation,
     self-assurance, self-command, self-confidence, self-conquest,
     self-control, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government,
     self-mastery, self-possession, serenity, soberness, sobriety,
     sophrosyne, stability, steadiness, temperance, temperateness,
     tranquillity, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness,
     via media, well-regulated mind, willpower
  
  

















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