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self-containment

[ self-kuhn-teyn-muhnt, self- ]

noun

  1. the state of being self-contained.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-containment1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

He had been shaken and stirred of late out of all his self-containment; Prudence had heard many things from him.

And the attitude of the Cabinet since August 1914 had been marked by the utmost caution and self-containment.

There was a self-containment and a lack of self-consciousness on the part of the preacher that was not unnoticed by Sterling.

Spare our property now and you shall not rue your self-containment.

He had learned self-reliance, which is a good thing, and self-containment, which is a better.

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