He prided himself on his self-control.
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Self-control
//ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹoʊl//
Synonyms for "self-control" (158 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (47)
Related words (79)
neutralitynonviolencenothing in excessobduracypacifismpatiencepatience of jobpatientnessperseverancepersistencephilosophyplaciditypoisepossessionpresence of mindprohibitionprotectionprotectionismprotective tariffprudence
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56 translations across 34 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- selfbeheersing noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- σωφροσύνη noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- ἐγκράτεια noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- özünüidarəetmə noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Bulgarian
1 entries- самооблада́ние noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Catalan
1 entries- autocontrol noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 自制 noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- 自制力 noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- 自我克制 noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- 自我控制 noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Czech
1 entries- sebeovládání noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Danish
1 entries- selvkontrol noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Dutch
1 entries- zelfcontrole noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Esperanto
1 entries- memregado noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Finnish
1 entries- itsehillintä noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
French
2 entries- contrôle de soi noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- maîtrise de soi noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Georgian
2 entries- თავშეკავება noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- თვითკონტროლი noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
German
2 entries- Selbstbeherrschung noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- Selbstkontrolle noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Greek
1 entries- αυτοέλεγχος noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Hungarian
2 entries- önfegyelem noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- önuralom noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Interlingua
1 entries- autocontrolo noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Japanese
3 entries- セルフコントロール noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- 自制 noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- 自粛 noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Kazakh
1 entries- өзін-өзі бақылау noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Korean
1 entries- 자제 noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Latin
1 entries- temperantia noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Lithuanian
1 entries- savitvarda noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Norwegian
1 entries- selvkontroll noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Polish
2 entries- autokontrola noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- samokontrola noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Portuguese
1 entries- autocontrole noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Romanian
2 entries- autocontrol noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- stăpânire de sine noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Russian
2 entries- самоконтро́ль noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- самооблада́ние noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- samokonrola noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- samokontrola noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- samosavlađivanje noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- самоконрола noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Sotho
1 entries- boitshwaro noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Spanish
2 entries- autocontrol noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- autodominio noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Swedish
2 entries- självbehärskning noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- självkontroll noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Thai
1 entries- การควบคุมตนเอง noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Ukrainian
2 entries- самовлада́ння noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
- самоконтро́ль noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự tự chủ noun (ability to control one's desires and impulses)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Xiaoming has really poor self-control.
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I'm employing my self-control so as to not lose my mind.
Source: tatoeba (2699264)
He loses self-control when he's drunk.
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