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self-control

Self control refers to the ability to manage your actions, feelings and emotions. (noun)

An example of self control is when you want the last cookie but you use your willpower to avoid eating it because you know it isn't good for you.

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See self-control in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See self-control in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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