Synonyms for self-restraint
All synonyms
Noun
1. Self-control — self-control, control over one's emotions, passions and actions
self-control, self-mastery, self-government, temperance, abstinence, self-command
Other
reserve, temperateness, prescription dated
Definitions
- n. 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.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- self-regulation
Example sentences
- temperance We ought to look to temperance, the leader of all virtue.
By length
- 7 letters
- reserve2
- 10 letters
- abstinence3, temperance3
- 12 letters
- prescription3
- 13 letters
- temperateness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (reserve2 = 2 syllables).