self-discipline
[self-dis-uh-plin, self-]
- discipline and training of oneself, usually for improvement: Acquiring the habit of promptness requires self-discipline.
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Origin of self-discipline
First recorded in 1830–40
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Contemporary Examples
The worst thing a man could be was lacking in self-discipline.
Is it going to give me a body of knowledge, tools, self-discipline?
Trouble is, self-discipline eludes you as Saturn opposes your sign.
This is a man of remarkable self-discipline to be sure, but self-discipline for what?
They had everything a man could want, except everything a man ought to have—self-discipline and values.
Historical Examples
The psychology of self-discipline is the psychology of the inventor.
The Ghost in the White HouseGerald Stanley Lee
There is the law, the standard of all Christian self-discipline.
Gloria CrucisJ. H. Beibitz
None were more stern in self-repression and self-discipline.
Robert OrangeJohn Oliver Hobbes
He recovered his self-discipline and waved his hand negligently.
IndirectionEverett B. Cole
I suppose you have long ago tried all the devices of self-discipline?
The Daughters of DanausMona Caird
self-discipline
- the act of disciplining or power to discipline one's own feelings, desires, etc, esp with the intention of improving oneself
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Word Origin and History for self-discipline
n.
also self discipline, 1796, from self- + discipline (n.). Related: Self-disciplined.
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