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self-command

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of self-command

1 the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others
  • a witness practicing self-command under intense cross-examination
Synonyms of self-command

constraint, continence, discipline, discretion, inhibition, refrainment, repression, reserve, restraint, self-control, self-restraint, suppression
Words Related to self-command

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 self-command

self-abandonment, uninhibitedness

unrestrainedness

gratification, indulgence, overindulgence, self-indulgence

bluntness, candor, frankness

immoderacy, intemperance
Antonyms of self-command

disinhibition, incontinence, unconstraint
2 the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions
  • an aloof man of great self-command but little charm
Synonyms of self-command

continence, restraint, self-containment, self-control, self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery, self-possession, self-restraint, will, willpower
Words Related to self-command

self-abnegation, self-denial

moderateness, moderation, temperance, temperateness

determination, nerve

command, control, discipline, mastery

abnegation, abstention, avoidance, eschewal, forbearance

abstinence, soberness, sobriety

aplomb, assurance, composure, confidence, coolness, equanimity, poise, self-confidence

discretion
Near Antonyms of self-command

gratification, indulgence, self-indulgence

excessiveness, immoderacy, intemperance, intemperateness, overindulgence

demerit, failing, fault, feebleness, foible, frailty, shortcoming, vice, weakness

indiscipline, unconstraint, unreserve, unreservedness, unrestraint

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