self-control

DEFINITIONS OF: self-control

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; abstinence
act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite; ascesis, asceticism
rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint; mortification
(Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself); celibacy, chastity, sexual abstention
abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows); sobriety, temperance
abstaining from excess; teetotaling, teetotalism
abstaining from alcohol; fast, fasting
abstaining from food; inhibition, suppression
(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires; sawm
the third pillar of Islam is fasting (primarily during the month of Ramadan); Muslims abstain from food and drink and gambling and all sensuous pleasures from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan

Type of:: control
the activity of managing or exerting control over something

Synonyms:: possession, self-command, self-possession, self-will, will power, willpower

Types:: nerves
control of your emotions; presence of mind
self-control in a crisis; ability to say or do the right thing in an emergency

Type of:: firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve
the trait of being resolute

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