as in restraint
the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions
trying to summon the willpower to resist buying any more books before finishing the unread ones I already have
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Recent Examples of willpower
And research shows that maintaining an optimal weight is not about willpower.
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Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Present bias is the trait of being unable to muster the willpower to avoid destructive buy now, pay later behavior.
—Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Similarly, people tend to eat less healthily for dinner because their willpower and decision-making energy are depleted throughout the day.
—Aslak De Silva, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Viewers will witness history as the first-ever double amputee survivor, Mandy Horvath, takes on the brutal wilderness of Belize's dense and unforgiving jungles — a challenge that goes beyond the wild, serving as a testament to sheer willpower, determination and resilience.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
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Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Present bias is the trait of being unable to muster the willpower to avoid destructive buy now, pay later behavior.
—Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Similarly, people tend to eat less healthily for dinner because their willpower and decision-making energy are depleted throughout the day.
—Aslak De Silva, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Viewers will witness history as the first-ever double amputee survivor, Mandy Horvath, takes on the brutal wilderness of Belize's dense and unforgiving jungles — a challenge that goes beyond the wild, serving as a testament to sheer willpower, determination and resilience.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for willpower
Noun
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The holding was manifestly correct, but the dicta may be equally important in counseling greater restraint on both sides.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Apr. 2025
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After three consecutive trips to the Stanley Cup Final from 2020-22, the combination of age and salary-cap restraints had diminished the Tampa Bay roster.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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He's obviously come a long way in terms of drinking and self-control from that night.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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France is a culture of manners, of eloquence, of graceful behavior, as if life itself, from the grandly public to the intimately domestic, were essentially performative, requiring constant self-control.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Willpower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/willpower. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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