self-control
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self-control |
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abnegation, abstinence, acceptance, aplomb, arrest,
arrestation, assurance, balance,
calm, calmness, check, composure, confidence, conservatism, constancy, constraint, continence, control, cool, cooling, cooling down, cooling
off, coolness, curb, curtailment,
deceleration, denial, determination, dignity, discipline, dispassion, doggedness, endurance,
equability, equanimity, equilibrium, even temper, evenness, forbearance, forbearing, forbearingness, fortitude, frugality, gentleness, golden mean, happy medium, hindrance,
impartiality, imperturbability, independence, indulgence, inhibition, injunction, interdict, judiciousness, juste-milieu, legal restraint, lenience, leniency, lenity, level head, levelheadedness, long-sufferance, long-suffering, longanimity, meden agan, mettle, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, monopoly, neutrality, nonviolence, nothing in excess, obduracy, pacifism, patience, patience of Job, patientness, perseverance, persistence, placidity, poise, possession, presence of mind, prohibition, protection, protectionism, protective tariff, prudence, rationing, rein, renouncement, renunciation, repose, reserve, resoluteness, resolve, restraint, restraint of trade,
retardation, retrenchment, self-abnegation, self-assurance, self-command, self-confidence, self-conquest, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery, self-possession, self-restraint, serenity, slowing down, soberness, sobriety, sophrosyne, stability, steadfastness, steadiness, stoicism, sufferance, sweet reasonableness, tariff wall, temperance, temperateness, thought control, tolerance, toleration, tranquillity, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, via media, waiting game, waiting it out, well-regulated mind, will, willpower
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Main entries similar to: self-control
abnegation, abstinence, acceptance, aplomb, arrest,
assurance, balance, calm, calmness, check, composure, confidence, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, cool, curb,
curtailment, deceleration, denial, discipline, dispassion, endurance, equanimity, equilibrium, evenness, forbearance, fortitude, frugality, gentleness, happy medium, hindrance,
impartiality, independence, indulgence, inhibition, injunction,
interdict, judiciousness, juste-milieu, leniency, level head,
long-suffering, longanimity, mildness, moderation, monopoly, neutrality, nonviolence, pacifism, patience, perseverance, philosophy, poise, possession, prohibition, protection, prudence, rationing, rein, renunciation, repose, reserve, restraint, restraint of trade, retardation, retrenchment,
sang-froid, self-command, self-confidence, self-denial, self-discipline,
self-government, self-possession, self-restraint, serenity, slowing
down, sobriety, stability, stoicism, sufferance, temper, temperance, tolerance, tranquillity, waiting game, will
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