self-containment

[ self-kuhn-teyn-muhnt, self- ]

noun

1. the state of being self-contained.

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-containment¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

He had been shaken and stirred of late out of all his self-containment; Prudence had heard many things from him.

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And the attitude of the Cabinet since August 1914 had been marked by the utmost caution and self-containment.

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There was a self-containment and a lack of self-consciousness on the part of the preacher that was not unnoticed by Sterling.

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Spare our property now and you shall not rue your self-containment.

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He had learned self-reliance, which is a good thing, and self-containment, which is a better.

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