'Self-control' definitions:
Definition of 'self-control'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses [syn: self-denial, self-discipline, self-control]
noun
The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior [syn: self-control, self-possession, possession, willpower, will power, self-command, self-will]
Definition of 'Self-control'
From: GCIDE
- Self-control \Self`-con*trol"\, n. Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'self-control'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnegation,
- abstinence,
- acceptance,
- aplomb,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- assurance,
- balance,
- calm,
- calmness,
- check,
- composure,
- confidence,
- conservatism,
- constancy,
- constraint,
- continence,
- control,
- cool,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- coolness,
- curb,
- curtailment,
- deceleration,
- denial,
- determination,
- dignity,
- discipline,
- dispassion,
- doggedness,
- endurance,
- equability,
- equanimity,
- equilibrium,
- even temper,
- evenness,
- forbearance,
- forbearing,
- forbearingness,
- fortitude,
- frugality,
- gentleness,
- golden mean,
- happy medium,
- hindrance,
- impartiality,
- imperturbability,
- independence,
- indulgence,
- inhibition,
- injunction,
- interdict,
- judiciousness,
- juste-milieu,
- legal restraint,
- lenience,
- leniency,
- lenity,
- level head,
- level-headedness,
- levelheadedness,
- long-sufferance,
- long-suffering,
- longanimity,
- meden agan,
- mettle,
- middle way,
- mildness,
- moderateness,
- moderation,
- moderationism,
- monopoly,
- neutrality,
- nonviolence,
- nothing in excess,
- obduracy,
- pacifism,
- patience,
- patience of Job,
- patientness,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- placidity,
- poise,
- possession,
- presence of mind,
- prohibition,
- protection,
- protectionism,
- protective tariff,
- prudence,
- rationing,
- rein,
- renouncement,
- renunciation,
- repose,
- reserve,
- resoluteness,
- resolve,
- restraint,
- restraint of trade,
- retardation,
- retrenchment,
- self-abnegation,
- self-assurance,
- self-command,
- self-confidence,
- self-conquest,
- self-denial,
- self-discipline,
- self-government,
- self-mastery,
- self-possession,
- self-restraint,
- serenity,
- slowing down,
- soberness,
- sobriety,
- sophrosyne,
- stability,
- steadfastness,
- steadiness,
- stoicism,
- sufferance,
- sweet reasonableness,
- tariff wall,
- temperance,
- temperateness,
- thought control,
- tolerance,
- toleration,
- tranquillity,
- unexcessiveness,
- unextravagance,
- unextremeness,
- via media,
- waiting game,
- waiting it out,
- well-regulated mind,
- will,
- willpower