controlling

Etymology

adj

  1. (chiefly Britain) Exerting control over a person or thing.
    His mother is very controlling.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of control

noun

  1. The act of exerting control.
    What humble submission presided within; / How free from the reign, and controllings of sin. 1856, The Earthen Vessel and Christian Record & Review, page 44

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