"self-restraint" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: self- + restraint Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|restraint}} self- + restraint Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} self-restraint (uncountable)
  1. Self-control, control over one's emotions, passions and actions. Tags: uncountable Translations (self-restraint): 自制 (zìzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), selvbeherskelse [common-gender] (Danish), enesepiiramine (Estonian), vaoshoitus (Estonian), itsekuri (Finnish), abstinentia [feminine] (Latin), santūrumas [masculine] (Lithuanian), autodomínio [masculine] (Portuguese), самооблада́ние (samoobladánije) [neuter] (Russian), сде́ржанность (sdéržannostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)

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