as in restraint
the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions
it takes self-discipline not to yell out when someone makes you angry
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Recent Examples of self-discipline
The virtues associated with self-discipline include restraint, diligence, humility, and a dozen others.
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Andrew Abela, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
There’s nothing inherently wrong with self-discipline and vigorous exercise, or taking great care of your body.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
With Iraola, his managerial identity with Bournemouth is mostly about self-discipline and balance.
—Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
This study showed that children who could wait for a larger reward instead of taking an immediate one—tended to have better academic performance, healthier habits and stronger self-discipline later in life.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Abela, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
There’s nothing inherently wrong with self-discipline and vigorous exercise, or taking great care of your body.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
With Iraola, his managerial identity with Bournemouth is mostly about self-discipline and balance.
—Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
This study showed that children who could wait for a larger reward instead of taking an immediate one—tended to have better academic performance, healthier habits and stronger self-discipline later in life.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-discipline
Noun
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Still, progressive proponents of the ERA demanded that some legal loophole must exist to circumvent those restraints.—
Sarah Bedford,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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Intense hostility all around means that for now, neither Russia nor China is even willing to sit down to discuss nuclear restraints, in treaty form or otherwise.—
Matthew Bunn,
The Conversation,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Enforce these boundaries with tools like iOS Screen Time or Android's Digital Wellbeing—no willpower is required there.—
Alex Backus,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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Keep Going Continue until your routine no longer requires willpower.—
Kazuyoshi Hisano,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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“Self-discipline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-discipline. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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