self-restraint en · NOUN
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English restraint English self-restraint From self- + restraint.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Self-control, control over one's emotions, passions and actions.
His lack of self-restraint led to several ugly scenes of debauchery and violent outburst.
Sovereigntism means a country doing what it wants to do within only the limits of what it can do. It means the end of self-restraint within a framework of mutual restraint.
2025 February 4, Bret Stephens, “Is This the End of Pax Americana?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2025:
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Translations (14)
la abstinentia (self-restraint) · da selvbeherskelse (self-restraint) · et vaoshoitus (self-restraint) · mr संयम (self-restraint) · cmn 自制 (self-restraint) · hi आत्मनियंत्रण (self-restraint) · ru самооблада́ние (self-restraint) · lt santūrumas (self-restraint) · pt autodomínio (self-restraint) · fi itsekuri (self-restraint) · et enesepiiramine (self-restraint) · mr आत्मनियंत्रण (self-restraint) · mr दम (self-restraint) · ru сде́ржанность (self-restraint)