Meanings
- uncountableSelf-control, control over one's emotions, passions and actions.
His lack of self-restraint led to several ugly scenes of debauchery and violent outburst.
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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 2025Synonyms: temperance
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSelf-control, control over one's emotions, passions and actions.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishrestraint
- Englishself-restraint
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 自制
- 自制 (zìzhì)self-restraint
Danish selvbeherskelse
- selvbeherskelseself-restraint
Estonian enesepiiramine, vaoshoitus
- enesepiiramineself-restraint
- vaoshoitusself-restraint
Finnish itsekuri
- itsekuriself-restraint
Hindi आत्मनियंत्रण
- आत्मनियंत्रण (ātmaniyantraṇ)self-restraint
Latin abstinentia
- abstinentiaself-restraint
Lithuanian santūrumas
- santūrumasself-restraint
Portuguese autodomínio
- autodomínioself-restraint
Russian самооблада́ние, сде́ржанность
- самооблада́ние (samoobladánije)self-restraint
- сде́ржанность (sdéržannostʹ)self-restraint
Cite this entry
self-restraint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-restraint
“self-restraint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-restraint. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-restraint,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-restraint.
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