self-discipline
noun
discipline and training of oneself, usually for improvement.
self-disciplined
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a word derived from
self-discipline.
Example Sentences
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"My school has provided extra classes to help prepare for the exams, but you have to be self-disciplined because juggling resits and college is not easy."
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“The most thoughtful, inspiring, driven, self-disciplined, loving man passed away on Friday, November 15, 2024,” Torello wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
Mr. Jeffries is known among his colleagues in Congress as a calm, self-disciplined operator who usually speaks with no notes.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
Rather than science requiring an isolated genius like Da Vinci, now any intelligent and self-disciplined individual could hope to make a meaningful contribution to a scientific field.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Probably it was good for him to be thus self-disciplined; certainly it was painful.
From The Island Queen by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
