Synonyms of self-restraint

self-restraint

noun

ˌself-ri-ˈstrānt 

1

as in restraint

the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions

she demonstrated an almost unnatural self-restraint during the fight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• restraint
• self-control
• willpower
• temperance
• self-discipline
• nerve
• composure
• determination
• will
• self-mastery
• discipline
• self-government
• self-command
• self-possession
• temperateness
• confidence
• continence
• self-containment
• moderation
• assurance
• abnegation
• forbearance
• self-denial
• self-abnegation
• mastery
• abstention
• avoidance
• equanimity
• control
• abstinence
• soberness
• moderateness
• sobriety
• self-confidence
• poise
• coolness
• discretion
• command
• eschewal
• aplomb

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indulgence
• gratification
• overindulgence
• intemperance
• excessiveness
• self-indulgence
• failing
• weakness
• vice
• feebleness
• shortcoming
• fault
• frailty
• demerit
• foible
• unrestraint
• intemperateness
• indiscipline
• immoderacy
• unconstraint
• unreserve
• unreservedness

2

as in discipline

the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others

we must practice self-restraint even with people who are deliberately rude

Synonyms & Similar Words

• restraint
• discipline
• repression
• inhibition
• suppression
• composure
• self-control
• discretion
• constraint
• reserve
• self-command
• continence
• refrainment
• possession
• willpower
• control
• mastery
• self-discipline
• self-mastery
• self-denial
• will
• silence
• self-government
• modesty
• self-censorship
• distance
• reticence
• bashfulness
• aloofness
• command
• taciturnity
• self-possession
• self-containment
• shyness
• detachedness
• self-poise

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incontinence
• disinhibition
• indulgence
• gratification
• unconstraint
• frankness
• candor
• overindulgence
• bluntness
• uninhibitedness
• intemperance
• self-abandonment
• self-indulgence
• unrestrainedness
• immoderacy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of self-restraint

Exercise self-restraint as Venus enters Aries, or impulse-buys can come back to bite you. —USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025

President Joseph Aoun, Lebanon’s army commander until parliament elected him head of state on Jan. 9, called on the people of the south to exercise self-restraint and trust in the Lebanese military. —Reuters, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025

But previous presidents adhered to norms of self-restraint. —Charlie Savage, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025

Practice self-restraint as the moon clashes with Mars. —USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025