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self-con⋅trol

  [self-kuhn-trohl, self-]
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–noun
control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
Origin:
1705–15

Related forms:
self-con⋅trolled, adjective
self-con⋅trol⋅ling, adjective

Synonyms:
self-discipline, self-restraint, willpower, levelheadedness.
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self-con·trol   (sělf'kən-trōl')
n.  Control of one's emotions, desires, or actions by one's own will: "You think yourself a miracle of sensibility; but self-control is what you need" (Mary Boykin Chesnut).
self'-con·trolled' adj.
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Word Origin & History

self-control 
1711, from self + control (q.v.). Coined by Eng. moral philosopher Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury (1671-1713).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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self-control self-con·trol (sělf'kən-trōl')
n.
Control of one's emotions, desires, or actions by one's own will.

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