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Tiny slices, no frosting, forty-five minutes on the StairMaster: These are the conditions, variations on a theme of vigilance and self-restraint that I've watched women dance to all my life, that I've danced to myself instinctively and still have to work to resist.
Caroline Knapp

Meaning of "self-restraint" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-RESTRAINT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-RESTRAINT

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Restraint is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SELF-RESTRAINT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Self-control

Self-control is the ability to control one's emotions, behavior, and desires in the face of external demands in order to function in society. In psychology it is sometimes called self-regulation. Self-control is essential in behavior to achieve goals and to avoid impulses and/or emotions that could prove to be negative. In behavior analysis self-control represents the locus of two conflicting contingencies of reinforcement, which then make a controlling response reinforcing when it causes changes in the controlled response.

Definition of self-restraint in the English dictionary

The definition of self-restraint in the dictionary is restraint imposed by oneself on one's own feelings, desires, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-RESTRAINT

self-regulating organization
self-regulation
self-regulatory
self-reliance
self-reliant
self-reliantly
self-renewal
self-renewing
self-renunciation
self-renunciatory
self-replicate
self-replicating
self-reproach
self-reproachful
self-reproachfully
self-respect
self-respectful
self-respecting
self-revelation
self-revelatory

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-RESTRAINT

child restraint
complaint
constraint
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passive restraint
patron saint
quaint
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restraint
saint
spraint
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straint
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unconstraint
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Synonyms and antonyms of self-restraint in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «SELF-RESTRAINT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «self-restraint» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of self-restraint

Translation of «self-restraint» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-RESTRAINT

Find out the translation of self-restraint to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-restraint from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-restraint» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自我克制
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autocontrol
570 millions of speakers

English

self-restraint
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्म संयम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضبط النفس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самоограничение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auto-contenção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আত্মসংযম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la maîtrise de soi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengawalan diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zügelung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自制
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyegah dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự kiềm chế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய கட்டுப்பாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वत: ची संयम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendine hakim olma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

autocontrollo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

powściągliwość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самообмеження
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stăpânirea de sine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτοσυγκράτηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selfbeheersing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

självbehärskning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvbeherskelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-restraint

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-RESTRAINT»

The term «self-restraint» is regularly used and occupies the 105.096 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-RESTRAINT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-restraint

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6 QUOTES WITH «SELF-RESTRAINT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word self-restraint.
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Jeffrey Kluger
Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to develop the emotional musculature that will allow them to show self-restraint.
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Caroline Knapp
Tiny slices, no frosting, forty-five minutes on the StairMaster: These are the conditions, variations on a theme of vigilance and self-restraint that I've watched women dance to all my life, that I've danced to myself instinctively and still have to work to resist.
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Lewis H. Lapham
Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.
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Mary MacLane
I do not see any beauty in self-restraint.
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George Packer
Gingrich was a far more volatile and aggressive individual than Boehner, but the institutional norms of self-restraint, and perhaps even self-interest, have broken down under the pressure of an increasingly abnormal Republican Party.
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Theodore Roosevelt
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-RESTRAINT»

Discover the use of self-restraint in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-restraint and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and May Swenson: The ...
Provides a new perspective on three important women poets-and challenges prevailing notions of feminist criticism
Kirstin Hotelling Zona, 2002
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Behavioral Issues in Autism
The Problem of Self-Restraint Defined as self-initiated confinement incompatible with SIB or preference for such confinement, self-restraint is comprised of several related topographies: (a) apparent self-restraint, usually by placing arms inside ...
Eric Schopler, Gary B. Mesibov, 1994
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Mental Retardation: Nature, Cause, and Management
Although the presumed basis for self-restraint is to prevent discomfort or pain associated with self-hitting, the behavior also may be maintained because it can reduce external demands. Direct-care providers tend to leave people alone if they ...
George S. Baroff, J. Gregory Olley, 2014
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The Judge in a Democracy
The most we can find is judges who tend toward complete self-restraint. Among reasonable judges, we do not find complete activism or complete self-restraint, but rather only judges who tend in one direction or another. Nevertheless, it seems ...
Aharon Barak, 2009
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Atmasanyama yog or The Book of Religion by Self-Restraint
Krishna. Therefore, who doeth work rightful to do, Not seeking gain from work, that man, O Prince! Is Sanyasi and Yogi—both in one And he is neither who lights not the flame Of sacrifice, nor setteth hand to task. Regard as true Renouncer him  ...
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Weld Integrity and Performance: A Source Book Adapted from ...
1 Schematic showing slotted plate specifications for Lehig discussed in this section are classified as self-restraint tests or externally loaded tests. Self- Restraint Tests Self-restraint tests utilize the restraint, or stress, within the specimen to cause ...
Steve Lampman, ASM International, 1997
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Making Markets: Opportunism and Restraint on Wall Street
"Making Markets," an ethnography of Wall Street culture, offers a comprehensive picture of how the market and its denizens work.
Mitchel Abolafia, 2001
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To Secure These Rights: The Declaration of Independence and ...
Judicial Self-Restraint In theory, judicial self-restraint — when a judge interprets the Constitution as written, rather than as he or she wishes it were written — would seem to be the easiest and most commonsensical check on the Court.
Scott Douglas Gerber, 1996
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The Federal Courts: challenge and reform
The edifice is responsible in part for the heavy caseload of the federal courts today. Granted, judicial self-restraint in the precise sense that I am trying to give to that much-abused term does not guarantee a manageable caseload. If some of the ...
Richard A. POSNER, Richard A Posner, 2009
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Freedom of Speech and Its Limits
Indeed, to postulate that no such collective self-restraint is ever compatible with true self-government would strike at the very idea of constitutionalism. And it is not clear why, if the very principle of self-restraint is accepted as compatible with  ...
Wojciech Sadurski, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-RESTRAINT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-restraint is used in the context of the following news items.
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Self-restraint over rules and regulations
Rangsit University recently experienced a tragedy that resulted in the death of a student, along with a few other casualties. The students were on their way home ... «Bangkok Post, Jun 15»
2
PEN America, Charlie Hebdo and the virtue of self-restraint
Calling self-restraint self-censorship seems to me to foreclose thoughtful response by applying a pejorative label. When communities with very different ... «Al Jazeera America, May 15»
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Asean summit to urge 'self-restraint' in South China Sea dispute—draft
KUALA LUMPUR — A Southeast Asian summit will urge “self-restraint” in the South China Sea but avoid directly criticizing Chinese actions that have fanned ... «Inquirer.net, Apr 15»
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The dam of self-restraint bursts for Pakistan's Christians
Last Sunday, that dam of self-restraint finally burst. After suicide bombers linked to the Pakistani Taliban attacked two churches in Lahore, Pakistan's cultural ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»
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Vietnam calls for 'self-restraint' in disputed South China Sea
(to) exercise self-restraint and refrain from actions that may escalate the tension in the region, including the use of force to unilaterally change the status quo," ... «Reuters, Mar 15»
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'Escalation' is when Palestinians lose self-restraint
The IDF sees itself as only reactive: not responsible for escalation and certainly doesn't initiate it. If not for the Palestinians stuck between IDF bases and West ... «Haaretz, Mar 15»
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Author Q&A: Sensual novel examines self-restraint in a digital age
A: Sophrosyne is a sensual, intellectual novel that examines desire and self-restraint in a digital age. On one level, the book is a cruel but lush exploration of the ... «Vancouver Sun, Jan 15»
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Terror Has Already Led to Self-Restraint
But not only did the overwhelming majority of cartoonists exercise self-restraint over the years, the newspaper editors and publishers have done so as well. «New York Times, Jan 15»
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May Self-Restraint Be Our Gift To Nature
This year I've been pleasantly haunted by a gift I received 50 years ago: a new moral vision for nature, courtesy of the Wilderness Act of 1964. For most ... «Hartford Courant, Dec 14»
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A case for self-restraint
... 2016 presidential nominee responds to Obama's serial provocations by promising a return to democratic etiquette grounded in presidential self-restraint. «Washington Post, Nov 14»

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