SELF-DISCIPLINE
Dictionary entry overview: What does self-discipline mean?
• SELF-DISCIPLINE (noun)
The noun SELF-DISCIPLINE has 2 senses:
1. the trait of practicing self discipline
2. the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
Familiarity information: SELF-DISCIPLINE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SELF-DISCIPLINE (noun)
Meaning:
The trait of practicing self discipline
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
self-denial; self-discipline
Hypernyms ("self-discipline" is a kind of...):
discipline (the trait of being well behaved)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-discipline"):
asceticism; austerity; nonindulgence (the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures))
abstention; abstinence (the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol))
continence; continency (the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters)
Meaning:
The act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
self-control; self-denial; self-discipline
Hypernyms ("self-discipline" is a kind of...):
control (the activity of managing or exerting control over something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-discipline"):
abstinence (act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite)
ascesis; asceticism (rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint)
mortification ((Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself))
