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self command

See definition of self command on Dictionary.com
  • as inpresence
  • as indiscipline

synonyms for self command

  • acumen
  • alertness
  • aplomb
  • calmness
  • cool
  • coolness
  • imperturbability
  • quickness
  • self-assurance
  • self-command
  • self-possession
  • sensibility
  • sobriety
  • watchfulness
  • wits
  • levelheadedness
  • sangfroid
  • self-composure
On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to self command, such as: acumen, alertness, aplomb, calmness, cool, and coolness.

antonyms for self command

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  • absence
  • agitation
  • confusion
  • distance
  • distress
  • reality
  • upset
  • 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 MACAULAY
She was white and trembling; but she stood in that dignity which strong feeling, kept down by self-command, always imparts.
RUTHELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELL
I have made a copy of the words you must use, lest your self-command should be too severely taxed.
THE CIRCULAR STUDYANNA KATHARINE GREEN
No encouragement of applause, Dannie––just a long sigh in secret: then a grim age of self-command.
THE CRUISE OF THE SHINING LIGHTNORMAN DUNCAN
Her self-command was infinite, for she must have had a thousand questions to ask.
DROSSHENRY SETON MERRIMAN
Contending emotions deprived me of the power of self-command.
ERNEST LINWOODCAROLINE LEE HENTZ
Sir Wycherly understood the surgeon, and he struggled for self-command.
THE TWO ADMIRALSJ. FENIMORE COOPER
It 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. YONGE
Oh, do help me to have firmness and self-command, like you!'
THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFECHARLOTTE M. YONGE
How would he regard her after her weakness in betraying him for want of self-command?
THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFECHARLOTTE M. YONGE
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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