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