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| Main Entry: | self-control |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | willpower over one's actions |
| Synonyms: | abstemiousness, aplomb, balance, constraint, dignity, discipline, discretion, poise, repression, reserve, restraint, reticence, sobriety, stability, stoicism, self-constraint, self-discipline, self-government, strength of character |
| Antonyms: | agitation, rashness |
| Main Entry: | temperance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-restraint; abstinence |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, abstemiousness, austerity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, discretion, forbearance, frugality, golden mean*, happy medium*, measure, moderation, mortification, prohibition, prudence, restraint, sacrifice, self-control, self-denial, sobriety, stoicism, asceticism, astringency, eschewal, forgoing, moderateness, moderatism, reasonableness, refrainment, self-deprivation, self-discipline, soberness, teetotalism, uninebriation, unintoxication |
| Antonyms: | excess, intemperance, wildness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | willpower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal determination |
| Synonyms: | discipline, drive, firmness, force, grit, resolution, resolve, self-control, self-restraint, strength, will, fixity, self-discipline, self-government, single-mindedness |
| Main Entry: | restraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-control |
| Synonyms: | abstemiousness, abstinence, caution, coercion, command, compulsion, confines, constraint, control, coolness, curtailment, economy, forbearance, grip, hindrance, hold, inhibition, limitation, moderation, prevention, repression, reserve, restriction, self-denial, self-possession, self-restraint, silence, suppression, withholding, secretiveness, self-discipline, self-government, unnaturalness |
| Antonyms: | agitation, arousal, 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: | austerity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refraining; abstinence |
| Synonyms: | abstemiousness, chastity, continence, determination, economy, prudence, puritanism, self-denial, sobriety, stoicism, temperance, asceticism, chasteness, self-discipline, strictness |
| Antonyms: | extravagance, indulgence, elaborateness, spending |
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