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Adjective: self-restraining
  1. Used of nonindulgent persons
    "Being an adult means that you have become sufficiently self-restraining";
    - self-disciplined, self-controlled

See also: nonindulgent, strict

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self-renewal
self-renewing
self-renunciation
self-report inventory
self-report personality inventory
self-reproach
self-reproof
self-respect
self-respectful
self-respecting
self-restraining
self-restraint
self-righteous
self-righteously
self-righteousness
self-rising flour
self-rule
self-sacrifice
self-sacrificing
selfsame
selfsameness