self-control

Definition

  • noun: control over your feelings or actions
  • noun: restraint exercised over one's own impulses, emotions, or desires
  • synonyms: self-command, reserve, restraint

Examples

  • When it comes to chocolate, I 'lose all self-control'. [=I cannot stop myself from eating too much chocolate]

  • He lost his 'self-control' and lashed out at the other player.

  • You have to show/learn a little 'self-control'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) No, better still, take a look at these. Remember I told you about the guy he nearly beat to death? Toretto did this with a three-quarter-inch torque wrench. He's a model of self-control. I need a few more days. I need a few more days. Got a TR here, with a ball-bearing upgrade. (..)
    2001 The Fast and the Furious