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self-restraint Definition

self·-restraint (-ri strānt)

noun

restraint imposed on oneself by oneself; self-control

self-restraint Related Forms

self·-restrained adjective

self-restraint Synonyms

self-restraint

n.

self-restraint Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • exercise: People will no longer have to exercise self-restraint or act responsibly - the drug does it for you.
  • have: I guess it shows that I *do* have some self-restraint if nothing else.
  • learn: Thus doth Allah make clear His Signs to men: that they may learn self-restraint.
  • show: In the interests of winning, his colleagues show remarkable self-restraint.
  • practice: Liberals think you should practice self-restraint and conservatives don't mind how many offspring you have as long as you stay off welfare.

Adjective modifier

  • judicial: All will depend upon the intensity of review; and the factors which presently point toward ` judicial self-restraint ' continue to remain valid.
  • appropriate: Countries that fail to exercise appropriate self-restraint should be restrained by the world community.
  • considerable: His frank acceptance of the situation marks him as either an innocent man, or else as a man of considerable self-restraint and firmness.

Preposition: on

part: Without self-restraint on the part of the rich, no serious long-term solutions or alternatives are possible.

Noun used with modifier

medium: That a modern home secretary should seek such powers illustrates the danger to which a collapse of media self-restraint might lead.