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self-restraint

 
Dictionary: self-re·straint   (sĕlf'rĭ-strānt')
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Restraint of one's emotions, desires, or inclinations; self-control.


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noun

    The keeping of one's thoughts and emotions to oneself: control, reserve, restraint, reticence, self-control, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness. See restraint/unrestraint.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: exhibiting restraint imposed on the self
  Synonym: temperateness

 
 
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self-indulgence
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