Self-control: alternatives and connections

The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary g…

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The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.

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The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified

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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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The state or quality of being firm.

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The quality of being resolute.

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The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of…

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To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

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The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.

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

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The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.

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

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The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.

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One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.

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