self-command
noun
self-com·mand
ˌself-kə-ˈmand
: command of oneself : self-control
She turns away and sits down on the bench under the yew tree, struggling to recover her self-command.—George Bernard Shaw
When Tommy set forth on the trail of the two men, it took all Tuppence's self-command to refrain from accompanying him.—Agatha Christie
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