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self-con⋅trol

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

Origin:
1705–15


self-con⋅trolled, adjective
self-con⋅trol⋅ling, adjective


self-discipline, self-restraint, willpower, levelheadedness.
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self-control 
1711, from self + control (q.v.). Coined by Eng. moral philosopher Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury (1671-1713).
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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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