autodisciplina

Definitions of autodisciplina
  1. noun
    the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
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    abstinencia
    act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
    ayuno
    abstaining from food
    inhibición
    (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
    type of:
    amortecimiento, doma, gobierno
    the activity of managing or exerting control over something
  2. noun
    the trait of practicing self discipline
    synonyms: abnegación
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    adustez, ascesis, asceticismo, ascetismo, ascética, ascético, austeridad, estrechez, rigorismo
    the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
    abstención, abstinencia, prescindencia
    the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
    continencia
    the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
    monacato
    asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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    disciplina
    the trait of being well behaved
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