self-restraint
- n exhibiting restraint imposed on the self
- The teachers, weak Christians and nonobservant Jews, make a show of teaching virtue and righteous self-restraint, but their shifty eyes and hollow voices betray their lack of .
- Rising financial anxiety and tight credit availability are making holiday shopping this year an exercise in self-restraint, and the Web offers a quick, clean shot at purchasing 24 .
- Their tension comes from prolonged, superhuman acts of self-restraint.