self-control

[ self-kuhn-trohl, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf kənˈtroʊl, ˌsɛlf- /

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noun

control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.

OTHER WORDS FOR self-control

self-discipline, self-restraint, willpower, levelheadedness.

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Origin of self-control

First recorded in 1705–15

OTHER WORDS FROM self-control

self-con·trolled, adjectiveself-con·trol·ling, adjective

Words nearby self-control

self-contained, self-containment, self-contemplation, self-content, self-contradiction, self-control, self-correcting, self-critical, self-criticism, self-curing resin, self-dealing

How to use self-control in a sentence

We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
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Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
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For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
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I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.
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From there we took the train to Nice, France, but the French border control caught us and sent us back to Italy.
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Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
Children's Ways|James Sully
At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
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But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe

British Dictionary definitions for self-control

self-control

noun

the ability to exercise restraint or control over one's feelings, emotions, reactions, etc

Derived forms of self-control

self-controlled, adjectiveself-controlling, adjective

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Medical definitions for self-control

self-control

Control of one's emotions, desires, or actions by one's own will.

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