self-command

Noun

Meaning

Control over one's own feelings, temper, etc.; self-control.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

self-control possession self-possession self-will willpower will serenity balance equilibrium confidence cool discipline calm restraint constraint

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Antonyms

hypnosis nightmare unrestraint immoderacy fear of being alone red mist

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Hypernyms

resolution resolve firmness resoluteness firmness of purpose

Hyponyms

presence of mind nerves

Examples

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command. Steven Pressfield

What a searching preacher of self-command is the varying phenomenon of health. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Close letter words and terms

self-color self-colored self-coloured self-commune self-communicative self-communion