self-regulate

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ regulate.

Verb

self-regulate (third-person singular simple present self-regulates, present participle self-regulating, simple past and past participle self-regulated)

  1. (intransitive) Of a mechanism, government, person, etc.: to regulate itself without external assistance.
    • 2021, Erin Felepchuk, “Stimming, Improvisation, and COVID-19: (Re)negotiating Autistic Sensory Regulation During a Pandemic”, in Disability Studies Quarterly‎[1], volume 41, number 3, archived from the original on 22 January 2022:
      I stim to self-regulate and to avoid sensory overload, meltdowns, or shutdowns in environments that are inaccessible.
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