Senses
自持 to exercise self-restraint
to control one's own emotions or desires; to be self-possessed or reserved
自持 to maintain dignity
to maintain one's self-respect and dignity; to carry oneself with gravity
自持 to be aloof
to keep oneself arrogantly or pridefully aloof from others
自持 self-sustaining
(literary) to maintain oneself or remain self-sustaining
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