Antonyms for self-restraintself-re·straint

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1. self-restraint

   Abstinence from food commonly signifies going without; abstemiousness, partaking moderately; abstinence may be for a single occasion, abstemiousness is habitual moderation. Self-denial is giving up what one wishes; abstinence may be refraining from what one does not desire. Fasting is abstinence from food for a limited time, and generally for religious reasons. Sobriety and temperance signify maintaining a quiet, even temper by moderate indulgence in some things, complete abstinence from others. We speak of temperance in eating, but of abstinence from vice. Total abstinence has come to signify the entire abstaining from intoxicating liquors.

   Antonyms:
   drunkenness, excess, gluttony, greed, intemperance, intoxication, reveling, revelry, self-indulgence, sensuality, wantonness

   Synonyms:
   abstemiousness, abstinence, continence, fasting, frugality, moderation, self-control, self-denial, sobriety, temperance

   Preposition:
   The negative side of virtue is abstinence from vice.

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. self-restraint, temperatenessnoun

   exhibiting restraint imposed on the self

   "an effective temperateness in debate"

   Synonyms:
   fair weather, sunshine, temperateness

How to use self-restraint in a sentence?

1. Author Unknown:

   The best leader is the one who has the sense to surround himself with outstanding people and self-restraint not to meddle with how they do their jobs.

2. Samson Yuen:

   The movement has a large degree of self-restraint and solidarity, but of course that's very conditional, if certain actions spin out of control, if say someone dies from it, then that might be a game-changer.

3. Theodore Roosevelt:

   The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

4. Jeffrey Kingston:

   The media did, in recent years, play a much more positive role in ... making people in power squirm. In the Abe era, they have begun pulling back, there is a chilling atmosphere that encourages media organizations to exercise self-restraint.

5. Smiles:

   For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making, and rendering success impossible by their own cross-grained ungentleness; whilst others, it may be much less gifted, make their way and achieve success by simple patience, equanimity, and self-control.

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