self-restraint
21self-restraint — UK / US noun [uncountable] the ability to control your feelings and stop yourself from doing things that are not right or sensible …
22Judicial self-restraint — Richterliche Selbstbeschränkung oder judicial self restraint ist ein Grundsatz der Gewaltenteilung, der bei der richterlichen Entscheidungsfindung zu berücksichtigen ist. Nach diesem Grundsatz sollen durch die Rechtsprechung keine… …
23judicial self-restraint — Self imposed discipline by judges in deciding cases without permitting themselves to indulge their own personal views or ideas which may be inconsistent with existing decisional or statutory law …
24judicial self-restraint — Self imposed discipline by judges in deciding cases without permitting themselves to indulge their own personal views or ideas which may be inconsistent with existing decisional or statutory law …
25restraint — [n1] self control abstemiousness, abstinence, caution, coercion, command, compulsion, confines, constraint, control, coolness, curtailment, economy, forbearance, grip, hindrance, hold, inhibition, limitation, moderation, prevention, repression,… …
26self-control — self controlled, adj. self controlling, adj. /self keuhn trohl , self /, n. control or restraint of oneself or one s actions, feelings, etc. [1705 15] Syn. self discipline, self restraint, willpower, levelheadedness. * * * …
27self- — [self] [ME < OE < self: see SELF] prefix 1. of oneself or itself: refers to the direct object of the implied transitive verb [self love, self restraint] 2. by oneself or itself: refers to the subject of the implied verb [self acting] 3. in …
28self-governed — self governing, adj. /self guv euhrnd, self /, adj. 1. governed by itself or having self government, as a state or community; independent. 2. self regulating; self determining. 3. exercising self restraint or self control. [1700 10] Syn. 1.… …
29Self-control — Self con*trol , n. Control of one s self; restraint exercised over one s self; self command. [1913 Webster] …
30Self-indulgence — Self in*dul gence, n. Indulgence of one s appetites, desires, or inclinations; the opposite of {self restraint}, and {self denial}. [1913 Webster] …
