Self-command
Self-command noun - The checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others.
Usage example: the discredited belief that young men and women lacked the self-command to serve alongside one another in the military
Self-denial and self-command are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Self-denial" instead a noun phrase "Self-command".
Self-denial
Self-denial noun - Voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites.
Usage example: self-indulgent even when she was poor, she wasn't about to practice self-denial after getting rich
Self-command and self-denial are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Self-command" instead a noun phrase "Self-denial".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- temperance and self-command
- temperance and self-denial
- forbearance and self-command
- forbearance and self-denial
- control and self-command
- control and self-denial
- reserve and self-command
- reserve and self-denial
- limitation and self-command
- limitation and self-denial
- restraint and self-command
- restraint and self-denial
- sobriety and self-command
- sobriety and self-denial
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Self-denial and Self-command. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/self-command/self-denial
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