self-disciplinenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌselfˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/us/ˌselfˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/approvingC2 the ability to make yourself do things you know you should do even when you do not want to:
You need a lot of self-discipline when you're doing research work on your own.
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Self-control and moderation
- be in command (of yourself) idiom
- collect
- command
- constraint
- continent
- cut your coat according to your cloth idiom
- decorous
- dignified
- grip
- impervious
- lightly
- mind over matter idiom
- moderation
- moderation in all things idiom
- monastic
- restrict
- restrict yourself to sth
- rise above sth
- self-controlled
- self-denial
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self-disciplined
adjective uk/ˌselfˈdɪs.ə.plɪnd/us/ˌselfˈdɪs.ə.plɪnd/