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refrainment

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of refrainment

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

students in the class should show some generosity and refrainment when critiquing the work of their fellow photographers

Synonyms of refrainment

constraint, continence, discipline, discretion, inhibition, repression, reserve, restraint, self-command, self-control, self-restraint, suppression

Words Related to refrainment

command, control, mastery, possession

self-censorship, self-containment, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery, will, willpower

composure, self-poise, self-possession

aloofness, detachedness, distance

bashfulness, modesty, shyness

reticence, silence, taciturnity

Near Antonyms of refrainment

self-abandonment, uninhibitedness

unrestrainedness

gratification, indulgence, overindulgence, self-indulgence

bluntness, candor, frankness

immoderacy, intemperance

Antonyms of refrainment

disinhibition, incontinence, unconstraint

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