self-restraint

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

self-restraint
    n 1: exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective
         temperateness in debate" [syn: {self-restraint},
         {temperateness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Self-restraint \Self`-re*straint"\, n.
   Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

77 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-restraint":
      abnegation, abstinence, aplomb, assurance, balance, calm, calmness,
      composure, confidence, conservatism, constraint, continence,
      control, cool, denial, discipline, dispassion, equability,
      equanimity, equilibrium, evenness, forbearance, frugality,
      gentleness, golden mean, happy medium, impartiality, independence,
      judiciousness, juste-milieu, lenity, level head, levelheadedness,
      meden agan, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation,
      moderationism, neutrality, nonviolence, nothing in excess,
      pacifism, poise, possession, presence of mind, prudence,
      renouncement, renunciation, repose, restraint, self-abnegation,
      self-assurance, self-command, self-confidence, self-conquest,
      self-control, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government,
      self-mastery, self-possession, serenity, soberness, sobriety,
      sophrosyne, stability, steadiness, temperance, temperateness,
      tranquillity, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness,
      via media, well-regulated mind, willpower

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