Usually means: Regulation of impulses and actions.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word self-control:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-control: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. self-control: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-control: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. self-control, self-control: Collins English Dictionary
  5. self-control: Vocabulary.com
  6. self-control: Wordnik
  7. self-control: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. self-control: Wiktionary
  9. self-control: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. self-control: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. self-control: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. self-control: Dictionary.com
  13. self-control: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. self-control: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Self-control: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Self-control: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. self-control: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. self-control: Rhymezone
  19. self-control: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. self-control: Free Dictionary
  21. self-control: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. self-control: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. Self-Control, Self-control: Wordnik

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Self-Control: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-control: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-control: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. self-control: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-control: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See self-controlled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The ability to control one's desires and impulses.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To control oneself or itself.

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