'Self-restraint' definitions:
Definition of 'self-restraint'
From: WordNet
noun
Exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective temperateness in debate" [syn: self-restraint, temperateness]
Definition of 'Self-restraint'
From: GCIDE
- Self-restraint \Self`-re*straint"\, n. Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'self-restraint'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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