self-restraint

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ restraint.

Noun

self-restraint (uncountable)

1. Self-control, control over one's emotions, passions and actions.

   His lack of self-restraint led to several ugly scenes of debauchery and violent outburst.

Translations

self-restraint

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自制 (zh) (zìzhì)

• Danish: selvbeherskelse c
• Estonian: enesepiiramine, vaoshoitus
• Finnish: itsekuri (fi)
• Latin: abstinentia f
• Lithuanian: santūrumas m
• Portuguese: autodomínio (pt) m
• Russian: самооблада́ние (ru) n (samoobladánije), сде́ржанность (ru) f (sdéržannostʹ)