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the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions
- she demonstrated an almost unnatural self-restraint during the fight
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the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others
- we must practice self-restraint even with people who are deliberately rude
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“Self-restraint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-restraint. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of self-restraint was in 1656
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