#self-control__self-denial__self-discipline  the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
  supertype:  control  the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"
  subtype:  abstinence  act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
     subtype:  sexual_abstention__chastity__celibacy  abstaining from sexual relations
     subtype:  sobriety.abstinence__temperance  abstaining from excess
     subtype:  teetotaling__teetotalism  abstaining from alcohol
     subtype:  fast__fasting  abstaining from food
        subtype:  hunger_strike  a fast by a prisoner as a means of protest
        subtype:  dieting__diet  the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
     subtype:  inhibition__suppression  (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

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