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self-discipline
noun as in austerity
noun as in restraint
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noun as in self-control
noun as in soberness
Strong matches
- abnegation
- abstemiousness
- abstinence
- asceticism
- astringency
- austerity
- conservatism
- constraint
- continence
- control
- discretion
- dryness
- forbearance
- forgoing
- frugality
- measure
- moderateness
- moderation
- moderatism
- mortification
- prohibition
- prudence
- reasonableness
- restraint
- sacrifice
- self-control
- self-denial
- sobriety
- stoicism
- teetotalism
noun as in teetotalism
Strong matches
noun as in temperance
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noun as in will
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Weak match
noun as in willpower
Example Sentences
The worst thing a man could be was lacking in self-discipline.
Is it going to give me a body of knowledge, tools, self-discipline?
Not every kid who returns home suffers from bombastic dreams matched only by their lack of direction and flabby self-discipline.
Trouble is, self-discipline eludes you as Saturn opposes your sign.
This is a man of remarkable self-discipline to be sure, but self-discipline for what?
I am not suggesting any such severe course of self-discipline.
Not if it means Democracy at the price of inefficiency, rejection of self-discipline, and the negation of real leadership.
Happy the man who understands self-discipline, so as to secure this charm, and mingle constancy and variety in his pursuits.
And therefore I am going to insist that the practice of rigorous self-discipline is essential to any healthy Christian life.
Self-control, self-discipline, ascetic practice, are indispensible to a successful Christian life.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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