self-restraint
121discipline — I (field of study) noun area of education, area of learning, branch of instruction, branch of knowledge, course, curriculum, doctrine, education, field of interest, field of learning, learning, lore, teaching II (obedience) noun acquiescence,… …
122cool — Synonyms and related words: Buddha like composure, Laodicean, OK, Olympian, Oriental calm, abate, abnegation, above all that, absolute zero, abstinence, ace high, affectless, aguey, aguish, air condition, air cool, algid, algidity, allay, aloof,… …
123continence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. self restraint (see moderation). Ant., incontinence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. self restraint, moderation, celibacy; see abstinence , chastity , restraint 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. self… …
124abstinence — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. abstaining, abstention, abstemiousness, temperance, forbearance, denial, self denial, self control, self restraint, continence, fasting, frugality, abnegation, renunciation, avoidance, sobriety, desistance, austerity,… …
125abstinence — noun 1) AA endorses a path of abstinence Syn: teetotalism, temperance, sobriety, abstemiousness, abstention; rare nephalism 2) of course abstinence is the most effective form of birth control, but is it the most realistic? Syn: celibacy, chastity …
126temperance — temperance, sobriety, abstinence, abstemiousness, continence can all mean self restraint in the gratification of appetites or passions. In its more general sense Temperance implies simply habitual moderation and the exercise of judgment… …
127Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
128control — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. command, dominate, govern, rule, regulate, direct, master; restrain, subdue, modify, check; test, verify. n. command, mastery, domination, sway, upper hand, power, regimentation, government,… …
