self-discipline

Noun

Meaning

Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

self-control self-denial temperance puritanism will control reserve prudence resolution attitude discipline resolve determination dignity restraint

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Antonyms

fault hypnosis naturalness sentimentality weakness intemperateness

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Hypernyms

control discipline

Hyponyms

abstinence austerity asceticism abstention mortification continence

Examples

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power. Clint Eastwood

It is time to return to those core values, time to get back to basics: to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family, and not shuffling it off on other people and the state. John Major

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first. Harry S. Truman

With self-discipline most anything is possible. Theodore Roosevelt

Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish. Bruce Lee

All successes begin with Self-Discipline. It starts with you. Dwayne Johnson

Close letter words and terms

self-directed learning self-direction self-discharger self-disciplined self-disclosure self-discovery