Thesaurus / self command
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synonyms for self command
- control
- development
- education
- method
- practice
- preparation
- regulation
- restraint
- self-control
- self-restraint
- will
- conduct
- cultivation
- curb
- domestication
- drill
- drilling
- exercise
- inculcation
- indoctrination
- limitation
- orderliness
- self-command
- self-government
- strictness
- subordination
- willpower
- self-mastery
On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to self command, such as: acumen, alertness, aplomb, calmness, cool, and coolness.
- agitation
- ignorance
- award
- chaos
- confusion
- disorder
- disorganization
- neglect
- negligence
- permissiveness
- reward
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How to use self command in a sentence
When the King showed his speech to the Chancellor, that wise minister forgot for a moment his habitual self-command.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYShe was white and trembling; but she stood in that dignity which strong feeling, kept down by self-command, always imparts.
RUTHELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELLI have made a copy of the words you must use, lest your self-command should be too severely taxed.
THE CIRCULAR STUDYANNA KATHARINE GREENNo encouragement of applause, Dannie––just a long sigh in secret: then a grim age of self-command.
THE CRUISE OF THE SHINING LIGHTNORMAN DUNCANHer self-command was infinite, for she must have had a thousand questions to ask.
DROSSHENRY SETON MERRIMANContending emotions deprived me of the power of self-command.
ERNEST LINWOODCAROLINE LEE HENTZSir Wycherly understood the surgeon, and he struggled for self-command.
THE TWO ADMIRALSJ. FENIMORE COOPERIt is not only—No, I would not be so selfish, if but—but—' Never had her self-command so given way.
THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFECHARLOTTE M. YONGEOh, do help me to have firmness and self-command, like you!'
THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFECHARLOTTE M. YONGEHow would he regard her after her weakness in betraying him for want of self-command?
THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFECHARLOTTE M. YONGE