The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior.

synoniemen: possession, self-control, self-possession, self-will, will power, willpower.

Roget 826: inexcitability^†, imperturbability, inirritability^†; even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion; tolerance, patience, coolth [Coll.].    passiveness etc. (physical inertness) 172; hebetude^†, hebetation^†; impassibility etc. (insensibility) 823; stupefaction.    coolness, calmness etc. adj.; composure, placidity, indisturbance^†, imperturbation^†, sang froid [Fr.], tranquility, serenity; quiet, quietude; peace of mind, mental calmness.    staidness etc. adj.; gravity, sobriety, Quakerism^†; philosophy, equanimity, stoicism, command of temper; self-possession, self-control, self-command, self-restraint, ice water in one's veins; presence of mind.    submission etc. 725; resignation; sufferance, supportance^†, endurance, longsufferance^†, forbearance; longanimity^†; fortitude; patience of Job, patience on a monument" [Twelfth Night], patience 'sovereign o'er transmuted ill'" [Johnson]; moderation; repression of feelings, subjugation of feeling; restraint etc. 751.    tranquillization etc. (moderation) 174^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 864: caution; cautiousness etc. adj.; discretion, prudence, cautel^†, heed, circumspection, calculation, deliberation.    foresight etc. 510; vigilance etc. 459; warning etc. 668.    coolness etc. adj.; self-possession, self-command; presence of mind, sang froid [Fr.]; well-regulated mind; worldly wisdom, Fabian policy.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: wilskracht, zelfbeheersing, zelfcontrole