SELF-CONTAINMENT Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

self-containment

noun

Definition of self-containment

as in restraint

the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions a man of extraordinary self-containment, he refused to lose his temper even in the most trying of circumstances

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Recent Examples of self-containment Stability starts with self-containment. — Usa Today, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026 What sets Return apart is its perfect self-containment. — Brad Shoup, Pitchfork, 24 Jan. 2026 And for people who equate maturity with self-containment, that can feel threatening. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026 Throughout the crisis, her burgeoning friendship with the hostage’s wife, challenges Barb’s usual sense of propriety and self-containment. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025 Cregger maintains the film’s self-containment. — Andy Crump, Time, 9 Aug. 2025

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restraint

Noun

If the answer is yes, then waiting ceases to be a strategy of restraint and begins to look like gradual erosion of power and strength.

— Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Meghna Gulzar has a very distinctive voice and an ability to approach difficult subjects with both restraint and intensity.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026

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