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Noun: self-possession  'self-pu'ze-shun
  1. The trait of resolutely controlling your own behaviour
    "an imperturbable self-possession";
    - self-control, possession, willpower, will power, self-command, self-will

Derived forms: self-possessions

Type of: firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve

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self-punishment