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  • The activity of managing or exerting control over something

  • (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc

  • A mechanism that controls the operation of a machine

  • Power to direct or determine

  • Discipline in personal and social activities

  • Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

  • A standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment

  • The economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.

  • A spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance

  • A relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another

  • The state that exists when one person or group has power over another

  • Have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of

  • Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

  • Verify by using a duplicate register for comparison

  • Handle and cause to function

  • Maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage

  • Exercise authoritative control or power over

  • Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

  • Check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard

  • Place under restrictions; limit access to by law

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