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Self-discipline

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

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Abstention 76% connected

The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.

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Abstinence 76% connected

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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Asceticism 76% connected

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

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Austerity 76% connected

Sourness and harshness to the taste.

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Continence 76% connected

Alt. of Continency

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Continency 76% connected

Self-restraint; self-command.

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Mortification 76% connected

The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified

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Control 76% connected

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

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Discipline 76% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

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Self-control 92% connected

Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.

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Self-denial 92% connected

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

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