(n.) Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.

abnegation abstinence acceptance aplomb arrest arrestation assurance balance calm calmness check composure confidence conservatism constancy constraint continence control cool cooling cooling down cooling off coolness curb curtailment deceleration denial determination dignity discipline dispassion doggedness endurance equability equanimity equilibrium even temper evenness forbearance forbearing forbearingness fortitude frugality gentleness golden mean happy medium hindrance impartiality imperturbability independence indulgence inhibition injunction interdict judiciousness juste-milieu legal restraint lenience leniency lenity level head level-headedness levelheadedness long-sufferance long-suffering longanimity meden agan mettle middle way mildness moderateness moderation moderationism monopoly neutrality nonviolence nothing in excess obduracy pacifism patience patience of Job patientness perseverance persistence placidity poise possession presence of mind prohibition protection protectionism protective tariff prudence rationing rein renouncement renunciation repose reserve resoluteness resolve restraint restraint of trade retardation retrenchment self-abnegation self-assurance self-command self-confidence self-conquest self-denial self-discipline self-government self-mastery self-possession self-restraint serenity slowing down soberness sobriety sophrosyne stability steadfastness steadiness stoicism sufferance sweet reasonableness tariff wall temperance temperateness thought control tolerance toleration tranquillity unexcessiveness unextravagance unextremeness via media waiting game waiting it out well-regulated mind will willpower