The ability to control one's desires and impulses; willpower.

To assume control, to gain power over someone or something.

(law) The authority that a higher court has to issue an order specifically ordering a lower court to perform (or stop performing) a certain action

A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or accelerator is pressed. / A state of being where tasks are completed easily and routinely.

A mechanism in a system that monitors performance inputs rather than outputs, and reacts so as to maintain a specified state, thus preventing or minimising problems before they occur.

An image or metaphor that runs throughout and determines the form or nature of a literary work.

A flat, usually vertical surface onto which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted. / (by extension, graphical user interface) A computer display offering a number of controls or options.

The area inside a recording studio designed to facilitate the mixing of audio for studio recordings. / A room serving as the centre of monitoring a building, controlling an operation etc.

(officialese, law) A drug or chemical whose use, possession, manufacture, or sale is regulated or banned by the government.

manipulated or regulated directly by the mind.