Synonyms for self-restraint
self-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.

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

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

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

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1. self-restraint, temperatenessnoun

   exhibiting restraint imposed on the self

   "an effective temperateness in debate"

   Synonyms:
   fair weather, sunshine, temperateness

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1. List of paraphrases for "self-restraint":

   restraint, self-control, moderation, self-monitoring

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1. Shinichi Hisadome:

   There have been cases of media self-restraint in the past, but they usually involved the imperial family, or, as after the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster, when media adopted a sober tone, i think this is the first time that criticism of the government itself has been so restrained.

2. George Bernard Shaw:

   It took me twenty years of studied self-restraint, aided by the natural decay of my faculties, to make myself dull enough to be accepted as a serious person by the British public.

3. Instagram IQIYI:

   As a public figure, I should have abided by laws and regulations, and been a role model in the industry and society, i shouldn't have lost self-restraint or become lax in managing my companies, which led to the violation of laws in the name of economic interests.

4. General Vincent Brooks:

   Self-restraint, which is a choice, is all that separates armistice and war.

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.