self-control
noun
control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
self-controlling
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a word derived from
self-control.
Example Sentences
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The Switzerland-based food and drinks company uses machine-learning software to detect product-quality issues and ensure Nestle’s manufacturing lines are self-regulating and self-controlling.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
“I’m self-controlling myself right now because I don’t understand why we haven’t learned the very basic lessons of Ebola.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 4, 2016
But now I saw that driving was in another way civilization itself: self-organizing, self-controlling, a pattern of agreement and coalition made at high speed and, on the whole, successfully.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 26, 2015
But former experiences of strange awakenings had made her cautious, self-controlling, almost capable of hypocrisy.
From The Invader A Novel by Margaret L. (Margaret Louisa) Woods
For, however strong Ishmael's emotions might have been, he possessed the self-controlling power of an exalted nature.
From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
