Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Restraint of one's emotions, desires, or inclinations; self-control.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Restraint or control imposed on one's self; self-command; self-control.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Self-control , control over one's emotions, passions and actions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun exhibiting restraint imposed on the self
Etymologies
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Examples
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In view of the First Amendment, I can envision no practical or legal way of forbidding the media from publicizing such charges except self-restraint, which is hardly likely in this competitive, sensation- hungry media world.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Judge H. Lee Sarokin 2011
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Not biology, said Thome, but the exclusion of slaves from the culture of self-restraint.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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But the demand to demonstrate self-restraint in one way or another remains.
Ira Chernus: Obama's Unplayed Trump Card Ira Chernus 2012
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The Quran instructs that its purpose is to teach Muslims self-restraint.
Muqtedar Khan: Ramadan: A Month Of Longing Muqtedar Khan 2011
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His main message at Osawatomie was a call for "a genuine and permanent moral awakening" to replace the moral weakness of greed with the power of self-restraint.
Ira Chernus: Obama's Unplayed Trump Card Ira Chernus 2012
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The point of the exercise for adult Muslims, who are healthy and able, is to develop a regimen of self-restraint and to inculcate a capacity to, borrowing a term from Plato, control one's appetites.
Muqtedar Khan: Ramadan: A Month Of Longing Muqtedar Khan 2011
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To be sure, domestic demand is expected to rise sharply over the next six months as postquake reconstruction moves into high gear and Japanese consumers shake off their sense of self-restraint.
Japan's Woes Remain Despite Currency Move Takashi Nakamichi 2011
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The point of the exercise for adult Muslims, who are healthy and able, is to develop a regimen of self-restraint and to inculcate a capacity to, borrowing a term from Plato, control one's appetites.
Muqtedar Khan: Ramadan: A Month Of Longing Muqtedar Khan 2011
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Should directors practice some self-restraint now?
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The Quran instructs that its purpose is to teach Muslims self-restraint.
Muqtedar Khan: Ramadan: A Month Of Longing Muqtedar Khan 2011
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