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self-command

[ self-kuh-mand, -mahnd, self- ]

self-command

noun

  1. another term for self-control
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of self-command1

First recorded in 1690–1700
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“It comes to the same thing. I can have no self-command without a motive. You order me, whether you speak or not. And you can be always with me. You are always with me.â€

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“You began the evening well, Charlotte,†said Mrs. Bennet with civil self-command to Miss Lucas.

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Groups of large men and women hurtle at one another to the point of potential endangerment yet manage self-command.

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She has become a player of directed passion, done the admirable work of learning self-command and grown into one of the more courteous and generous champions in the game.

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Thus is the hero of the film, played with charismatic self-command by Denzel Washington, presented as the Spartacus of his people.

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