self-restraint

🇺🇸 /ˌself rɪˈstreɪnt/ 🇬🇧 /ˌself rɪˈstreɪnt/
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noun
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control over your own actions, especially when you want to do something but choose not to

It took a lot of self-restraint not to scream at the referee during the game.

translation

n. control over your own actions, especially when you want to do something but choose not to

Word Forms

Plural self-restraints