self-controlˌself-conˈtrol noun [uncountable] 
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Thesaurus- In school, his problems with self-control led to academic difficulties.
- The German team showed amazing self-control throughout the game.
- He kissed them away while Luce silently struggled for self-control.
- He looked calm and cold, full of self-control.
- Her deep sense of outrage helped her to self-control.
- In the eyes of good practitioners self-control allows them to find a path around conflict.
- Such questions are distasteful for a fastidious cleric who thinks of sexuality as a loss of self-control.
- We find that they don't have self-control.
Longman Language Activatorto control your feelings► control
Collocations if you control yourself or control your feelings, you continue to behave calmly and sensibly and do not become too angry, excited, or upset: control yourself/himself etc: · She was really annoying me, but I managed to control myself and not say anything.control your temper: · I wish he'd learn to control his temper.
► self-control the ability to behave calmly and sensibly and not become too angry, excited, or upset, even when you have a good reason to: · The German team showed amazing self-control throughout the game.
► keep your temper to manage to stay calm and not become angry, especially when someone is trying to make you angry: · I knew they were trying to annoy me but I was determined to keep my temper.· Police officers are expected to keep their tempers whatever people say to them.· It took all her patience just to keep her temper.
► self-discipline the ability to make yourself work hard, take a lot of exercise, not eat the wrong foods etc because you know it is good for you to do so: · I don't know if I've enough self-discipline to work full-time and go to night school.· We try to teach the children self-reliance and self-discipline.
► restrain yourself to stop yourself doing or saying something, especially something that might have a harmful result: · I was tempted to stay for another drink, but in the end I restrained myself and went home.restrain yourself from: · So far I have managed to restrain myself from phoning up to complain.
► snap out of it to suddenly start to control yourself after you have been very sad or upset and make yourself feel better again: · You've been in this mood for days now -- I wish you'd snap out of it.· He's so depressed. He doesn't seem able to snap out of it at all.
► get a grip on yourself spoken say this when you want someone to stop behaving in a very emotional way, especially when they are so frightened or upset that they cannot control the way they are behaving: · Come on, calm down, get a grip on yourself.· Occasionally Georgie would find Tommy crying, and he'd tell him to get a grip on himself.
► pull yourself together spoken say this when you want someone to stop behaving emotionally, especially when you are a little annoyed or embarrassed at the way they are behaving: · Pull yourself together. It's ridiculous to get upset about such a silly little thing.· His father was not one to hand out sympathy, but would simply tell him to "pull himself together".
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► exercise
the ability to behave calmly and sensibly even when you feel very excited, angry etc—self-controlled adjective· If people are committed to objectives, they will exercise self-direction and self-control. 3.· But if they can not exercise self-control, they should marry.