Self-containment
Self-containment noun - The power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions.
Usage example: a man of extraordinary self-containment, he refused to lose his temper even in the most trying of circumstances
Temperance and self-containment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Temperance" instead a noun phrase "Self-containment".
Temperance
Temperance noun - An avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits.
Usage example: my father attributes his ripe old age to temperance in all things, especially eating and drinking
Self-containment and temperance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Self-containment" instead a noun "Temperance".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- forbearance and self-containment
- forbearance and temperance
- control and self-containment
- control and temperance
- frugality and self-containment
- frugality and temperance
- restraint and self-containment
- restraint and temperance
- sobriety and self-containment
- sobriety and temperance
- self-possession and self-containment
- self-possession and temperance
- continence and self-containment
- continence and temperance
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