Synonyms of self-containment

self-containment

noun

as in restraint

the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions

a man of extraordinary self-containment, he refused to lose his temper even in the most trying of circumstances

Synonyms & Similar Words

• restraint
• composure
• determination
• temperance
• self-control
• willpower
• self-possession
• self-mastery
• self-discipline
• nerve
• self-government
• continence
• will
• temperateness
• confidence
• self-command
• self-restraint
• discipline
• assurance
• mastery
• self-abnegation
• moderation
• abnegation
• equanimity
• avoidance
• moderateness
• coolness
• control
• sobriety
• abstention
• self-denial
• soberness
• self-confidence
• forbearance
• eschewal
• poise
• aplomb
• abstinence
• discretion
• command

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gratification
• indulgence
• excessiveness
• intemperance
• self-indulgence
• overindulgence
• weakness
• failing
• feebleness
• frailty
• shortcoming
• fault
• vice
• demerit
• foible
• unrestraint
• intemperateness
• indiscipline
• immoderacy
• unreserve
• unconstraint
• unreservedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of self-containment

Stability starts with self-containment. —Usa Today, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026

What sets Return apart is its perfect self-containment. —Brad Shoup, Pitchfork, 24 Jan. 2026

And for people who equate maturity with self-containment, that can feel threatening. —Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026

Throughout the crisis, her burgeoning friendship with the hostage’s wife, challenges Barb’s usual sense of propriety and self-containment. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025

Cregger maintains the film’s self-containment. —Andy Crump, Time, 9 Aug. 2025