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单词 self-restraint
释义

self-restraint

noun

self-re·​straint ˌself-ri-ˈstrānt How to pronounce self-restraint (audio)
: restraint exercised over one's own impulses, emotions, or desires : self-control
A bitter answer leaped to his tongue, but he was learning self-restraint. Somerset Maugham

Synonyms

  • continence
  • restraint
  • self-command
  • self-containment
  • self-control
  • self-discipline
  • self-government
  • self-mastery
  • self-possession
  • will
  • willpower
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Word History

First Known Use

1656, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

self-restraint

noun

self-re·​straint
ˌself-ri-ˈstrānt
: proper self-control over actions or emotions

self-restraint

noun

1
as in restraint
the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions she demonstrated an almost unnatural self-restraint during the fight

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • restraint
  • willpower
  • temperance
  • self-discipline
  • composure
  • self-control
  • nerve
  • determination
  • temperateness
  • will
  • self-mastery
  • self-command
  • discipline
  • self-possession
  • self-containment
  • continence
  • confidence
  • moderation
  • self-government
  • abnegation
  • moderateness
  • forbearance
  • self-abnegation
  • assurance
  • self-denial
  • mastery
  • abstention
  • soberness
  • equanimity
  • abstinence
  • avoidance
  • eschewal
  • sobriety
  • control
  • poise
  • coolness
  • discretion
  • aplomb
  • self-confidence
  • command

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • indulgence
  • gratification
  • overindulgence
  • intemperance
  • excessiveness
  • self-indulgence
  • weakness
  • failing
  • feebleness
  • unrestraint
  • shortcoming
  • intemperateness
  • vice
  • foible
  • frailty
  • demerit
  • unconstraint
  • fault
  • indiscipline
  • unreserve
  • immoderacy
  • unreservedness
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2
as in discipline
the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others we must practice self-restraint even with people who are deliberately rude

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • restraint
  • discipline
  • repression
  • inhibition
  • composure
  • suppression
  • self-control
  • discretion
  • constraint
  • self-command
  • reserve
  • refrainment
  • willpower
  • continence
  • possession
  • self-discipline
  • mastery
  • control
  • self-mastery
  • modesty
  • will
  • self-denial
  • bashfulness
  • reticence
  • silence
  • self-censorship
  • taciturnity
  • aloofness
  • self-containment
  • shyness
  • self-possession
  • distance
  • detachedness
  • command
  • self-government
  • self-poise

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • disinhibition
  • unconstraint
  • incontinence
  • indulgence
  • gratification
  • frankness
  • uninhibitedness
  • candor
  • overindulgence
  • bluntness
  • intemperance
  • self-abandonment
  • unrestrainedness
  • self-indulgence
  • immoderacy
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