self-control
self-control is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abnegation
- abstain
- abstainer
- abstemious
- abstemiousness
- abstinence
- abstinent
- alcoholic
- altruism
- are
- behavior
- benevolence
- block
- cardinal
- chivalrous
- chivalry
- compass
- credit
- deny
- desert
- devoted
- devotion
- discharge
- disinterested
- disinterestedness
- done
- driver
- dry
- duty
- elevated
- elevation
- enough
- ethics
- exaltation
- exalted
- excellence
- forbear
- forbearance
- frugal
- frugality
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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