| Main Entry: | austerity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refraining; abstinence |
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abstemiousness, asceticism, chasteness, chastity, continence, determination, economy, prudence, puritanism, self-denial, self-discipline, sobriety, stoicism, strictness, temperance |
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elaborateness, extravagance, indulgence, spending |
| Main Entry: | restraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-control |
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abstemiousness, abstinence, caution, coercion, command, compulsion, confines, constraint, control, coolness, curtailment, economy, forbearance, grip, hindrance, hold, inhibition, limitation, moderation, prevention, repression, reserve, restriction, secretiveness, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-possession, self-restraint, silence, suppression, unnaturalness, withholding |
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agitation, arousal, wildness |
| Main Entry: | self-control |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | willpower over one's actions |
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abstemiousness, aplomb, balance, constraint, dignity, discipline, discretion, poise, repression, reserve, restraint, reticence, self-constraint, self-discipline, self-government, sobriety, stability, stoicism, strength of character |
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agitation, rashness |
| Main Entry: | temperance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-restraint; abstinence |
Synonyms: |
abnegation, abstemiousness, asceticism, astringency, austerity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, discretion, eschewal, forbearance, forgoing, frugality, golden mean, happy medium, measure, moderateness, moderation, moderatism, mortification, prohibition, prudence, reasonableness, refrainment, restraint, sacrifice, self-control, self-denial, self-deprivation, self-discipline, soberness, sobriety, stoicism, teetotalism, uninebriation, unintoxication |
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excess, intemperance, wildness |
| Main Entry: | will |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal choice |
Synonyms: |
aim, appetite, attitude, character, conviction, craving, decision, decisiveness, decree, design, desire, determination, discipline, discretion, disposition, fancy, feeling, hankering, heart's desire, inclination, intention, liking, longing, mind, option, passion, pining, pleasure, power, preference, prerogative, purpose, resolution, resolve, self-control, self-discipline, self-restraint, temperament, urge, velleity, volition, willfulness, willpower, wish, wishes, yearning |
| Main Entry: | willpower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal determination |
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discipline, drive, firmness, fixity, force, grit, resolution, resolve, self-control, self-discipline, self-government, self-restraint, single-mindedness, strength, will |
| Main Entry: | soberness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temperance |
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abnegation, abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism, astringency, austerity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, discretion, dryness, eschewal, forbearance, forgoing, frugality, golden mean, happy medium, measure, moderateness, moderation, moderatism, mortification, prohibition, prudence, reasonableness, refrainment, restraint, sacrifice, self-control, self-denial, self-deprivation, self-discipline, sobriety, stoicism, teetotalism, uninebriation, unintoxication |
| Main Entry: | teetotalism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temperance |
Synonyms: |
abnegation, abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism, astringency, austerity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, discretion, dryness, eschewal, forbearance, forgoing, frugality, golden mean, happy medium, measure, moderateness, moderation, moderatism, mortification, prohibition, prudence, reasonableness, refrainment, restraint, sacrifice, self-control, self-denial, self-deprivation, self-discipline, soberness, sobriety, stoicism, uninebriation, unintoxication |
| Concept: | Will. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
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-nouns
will, volition, conation, velleity; liberum arbitrium; will and pleasure, free will; freedom; discretion; option (choice); voluntariness; spontaneity, spontaneousness; originality., pleasure, wish, mind; desire; frame of mind (inclination); intention; predetermination; self-control, determination (resolution) [more]; force of will.
-verbs
will, list; see fit, think fit; determine (resolve); enjoin; settle (choose); volunteer., have a will of one's own; do what one chooses (freedom); have it all one's own way; have one's will, have one's own way., use one's discretion, exercise one's discretion; take upon oneself, take one's own course, take the law into one's own hands; do of one's own accord, do upon one's own authority; originate (cause).
-adjectives
voluntary, volitional, willful; free; optional; discretional, discretionary; volitient, volitive., minded (willing); prepense (predetermined); intended; autocratic; unbidden (bid [more]); spontaneous; original (casual); unconstrained.
-adverbs
voluntarily; at will, at pleasure; a volonte, a discretion; al piacere; ad libitum, ad arbitrium; as one thinks proper, as it seems good to; a beneplacito., of one's own accord, of one's own free will; proprio motu, suo motu, ex meromotu; out of one's own head; by choice; purposely (intentionally); deliberately.
-phrases
stet pro ratione voluntas; sic volo sic jubeo; a vostro beneplacito; beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere; Deus vull; was man nicht kann meiden muss man wilig leiden.
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necessity |
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| Concept: | Temperance. |
| Category: | 4. Moral practice |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
temperance, moderation, sobriety, soberness., forbearance, abnegation; self-denial, self-restraint, self-control (resolution) [more]., frugality; vegetarianism, teetotalism, total abstinence; abstinence, abstemiousness; Encratism, prohibition; system of Pythagoras, system of Cornaro; Pythagorism, Stoicism., vegetarian; Pythagorean, gymnosophist., teetotaler; abstainer; Encratite, fruitarian, hydropot.
-verbs
be temperate; abstain, forbear, refrain, deny oneself, spare., know when one has had enough., take the pledge.
-adjectives
temperate, moderate, sober, frugal, sparing; abstemious, abstinent; within compass; measured (sufficient)., Pythagorean; vegetarian; teetotal.
-phrases
appetitus rationi obediant [Cic.]; l'abstenir pour jouir c'est l'epicurisme de la raison [Rousseau]; trahit sua quemque voluptas [Vergil].
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Antonyms: |
intemperance |
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