Why this word is great
SOPHRONIZE — [Verb] To imbue with moral principles or self-control. From Ancient Greek σώφρων (sṓphrōn, "temperate, prudent, of sound mind") + -ize (verb-forming suffix). Unlike "indoctrinate" (which implies uncritical acceptance of doctrines) or "edify" (which broadly instructs morally or intellectually), "sophronize" is the deliberate cultivation of temperance—a slow coaxing of the soul toward balance. It is the father teaching his child to pause before speaking in anger, the monk’s measured breath before dawn, or the quiet resolve of a scholar who chooses the harder truth over the easier lie. To sophronize is to build an inner citadel, stone by patient stone.