0 making certain yourself that you or your employees obey rules, rather than having laws or another organization to do it: --
1 used to describe an industry, profession, etc. that checks that its members act according to particular rules, rather than having this done by another organization: --
a self-regulatory body/organization The HKSA is a self-regulatory body governing the professional conduct of accounting professionals in Hong Kong.
2 used to describe a system, machine, etc. that is able to correct itself when things begin to go wrong, without outside help: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.