as in restraint
the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions
she had remarkable self-mastery for one so young
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Recent Examples of self-mastery
Read the full Cancer Daily Horoscope Leo (July 23 - August 22)
Stepping into self-mastery?
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Usa Today, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
Life is for learning; self-mastery is a process.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
Aquarius' 2026 career horoscope Commit to your self-mastery.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Understanding yourself is one of the keys to self-mastery, open to new awareness.
—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2026
Those who mastered these high summits did so by first achieving self-mastery, reaching through prayer and meditation a higher realm of almost superhuman awareness and power.
—Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2024
Usa Today, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
Life is for learning; self-mastery is a process.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
Aquarius' 2026 career horoscope Commit to your self-mastery.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Understanding yourself is one of the keys to self-mastery, open to new awareness.
—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2026
Those who mastered these high summits did so by first achieving self-mastery, reaching through prayer and meditation a higher realm of almost superhuman awareness and power.
—Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-mastery
restraint
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With the world facing profound suffering and division, moral voices calling for peace, restraint and sanctity of human life deserve to be protected and amplified, not condemned.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Initially, the couple was arrested on charges of first-degree manslaughter, first-degree unlawful restraint, intentional cruelty to persons, risk of injury to a minor and conspiracy to commit risk of injury to a minor.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Self-mastery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-mastery. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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