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self-controlling

self-controlling is the present participle and gerund of self-control.

Meaning of self-control

Verb

self-control (third-person singular simple present self-controls, present participle self-controlling, simple past and past participle self-controlled)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To control oneself or itself.

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Questions about self-controlling

What is self-controlling the present participle and gerund of?
Self-controlling is the present participle and gerund of self-control.

Words near self-controlling in the dictionary

  1. self-contradictions
  2. self-contradictory
  3. self-contradicts
  4. self-control
  5. self-controlled
  6. self-controlling
  7. self-controls
  8. self-convicted
  9. self-conviction
  10. self-cooker
  11. self-cookers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-controlling (page history and authors); self-control (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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