If you control your appetite, you conquer your instinct. Is this sentence affirmative or negative?
Great. Restraint means no indulgence and strong self-control. This sentence is Dickens' famous epigram and a compliment. A commendatory word is a word with praise and affirmation. What kind of emotional color words are endowed with is related to people's moral concepts. When the moral concept changes, the emotional color of words also changes.