1
as in restraint
the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions
toddlers have very little self-control
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as in discipline
the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others
she could be passionate and intense, but generally exercised steely self-control in the company of strangers
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Recent Examples of self-control
The pouches, however, are there to help students with self-control issues and ensure teachers don't have to act as cellphone police.
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Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 26 Sep. 2024
Free, unstructured play is also necessary for developing cognitive abilities such as self-control, experts say.
—Anna North, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024
At age 2, children may have frequent tantrums that parents will have to mediate for them–responding with self-control and support instead of frustration and an outburst of their own.
—Taylor Grothe, Parents, 15 Aug. 2024
The moon’s clash with Mercury encourages you to exercise self-control.
—USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
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Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 26 Sep. 2024
Free, unstructured play is also necessary for developing cognitive abilities such as self-control, experts say.
—Anna North, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024
At age 2, children may have frequent tantrums that parents will have to mediate for them–responding with self-control and support instead of frustration and an outburst of their own.
—Taylor Grothe, Parents, 15 Aug. 2024
The moon’s clash with Mercury encourages you to exercise self-control.
—USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for self-control
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-control
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The combination of these two attributes offered each side a sense of psychological security and common consensus, allowing for the informed restraint of lethality.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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The Business Combination Agreement includes conditions such as the absence of any legal restraint preventing the consummation of the transactions and the effectiveness of the Registration Statement/Proxy Statement under the Securities Act.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Capricorn, for instance, is governed by Saturn, the planet of authority, discipline, government and societal frameworks.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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But even now, Ken admonishes himself for trying to silo da Vinci’s expertise into such restrictive disciplines.Hunter Ingram for Variety, ARTnews.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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Typically, stress levels are high, inhibitions are low (thank you, heavy pours), and unlikely characters are interacting with each other.Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
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Advil may irritate the gastric lining of the stomach acid due to the inhibition of prostaglandins that protect the gastrointestinal (GI) tract lining.Femi Aremu, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2024
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Whether that be human rights violations or repression of dissent and so on.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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The uprising began with peaceful demonstrations against employment quotas for regime loyalists, but a heavy-handed crackdown ignited a powderkeg of rage against inequality and political repression that brought tens of thousands of mothers and daughters, bankers and beggars, united onto the street.Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Self-control.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-control. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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