control

control is a Noun

Definition:

[1] A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register. [Obs.] Johnson.

[2] That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint. "Speak without control." Dryden.

[3] Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control. The House of Commons should exercise a control over all the departments of the executive administration. Macaulay. Board of control. See under Board.