self-discipline
self-discipline noun: control of oneself.
Noun
self-discipline (uncountable)
- Control of oneself.
- Near-synonym: willpower
- Personal reinventions fail partly for the obvious reasons: you set your goals too high; or your existing obligations at work or home get in the way; or you find (who could have imagined it?) that the unimpressive level of self-discipline you’ve demonstrated for your entire life until this moment...2022 January 1, Oliver Burkeman, “New year, same old you! The secret to self-improvement is embracing your messy, imperfect life”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- self-command, self-control, self-mastery, self-regulation, willpower
- Antonyms:
- undisciplinedness
self-discipline meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Thai
self-discipline in Malayalam
- self-control, restraint, self-restraint
- ആത്മശിക്ഷണം, സ്വയം ഏല്പിക്കുന്ന അച്ചടക്കം, ആത്മസംയമം, ആത്മനിയന്ത്രണം, ദമഥം, ദമഥു
self-discipline in Kannada
- ಆತ್ಮದಂಡನೆ, ಆತ್ಮಸಂಯಮ
self-discipline in Thai
- control of oneself
- การมีวินัยในตนเอง
Synonyms of self-discipline
Antonyms
Origin of self-discipline
From self- + discipline.
Questions about self-discipline
- What does self-discipline mean?
- Self-discipline means control of oneself.
- What is self-discipline in Malayalam?
- Self-discipline in Malayalam is ആത്മശിക്ഷണം, സ്വയം ഏല്പിക്കുന്ന അച്ചടക്കം, ആത്മസംയമം. See Self-discipline meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is self-discipline?
- Self-discipline is a noun.
Words near self-discipline in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-discipline (page history and authors); self-discipline (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); self-discipline (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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