self-restraint

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

self- +‎ restraint

NounEdit

self-restraint (uncountable)

1. Self-control, control over one's emotions, passions and actions.

   His lack of self-restraint led to several ugly scenes of debauchery and violent outburst.

TranslationsEdit

self-restraint

• Danish: selvbeherskelse c
• Finnish: itsekuri
• Lithuanian: santūrumas m

• Portuguese: autodomínio m
• Russian: самооблада́ние (ru) n (samoobladánije), сде́ржанность (ru) f (sdéržannostʹ)