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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,043 words match “SELF”

SELF-DESTRUCTIVE a.
Destroying, or tending to destroy, one's self or itself; rucidal.
SELF-DETERMINATION n.
Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
SELF-DETERMINING a.
Capable of self-determination; as, the self-determining power of will.
SELF-DEVISED a.
Devised by one's self.
SELF-DEVOTED a.
Devoted in person, or by one's own will. Hawthorne.
SELF-DEVOTEMENT n.
Self-devotion. [R.]
SELF-DEVOTION n.
The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self- devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.
SELF-DEVOURING a.
Devouring one's self or itself. Danham.
SELF-DIFFUSIVE a.
Having power to diffuse itself; diffusing itself. Norris.
SELF-DISCIPLINE n.
Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.
SELF-DISTRUST n.
Want of confidence in one' self; diffidence.
SELF-EDUCATED a.
Educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or without pecuniary assistance from others.
SELF-ELECTIVE a.
Having the right of electing one's self, or, as a body, of electing its own members.
SELF-ENJOYMENT n.
Enjoyment of one's self; self-satisfaction.
SELF-ESTEEM n.
The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.
SELF-ESTIMATION n.
The act of estimating one's self; self-esteem.
SELF-EVIDENCE n.
The quality or state of being self-evident. Locke.
SELF-EVIDENT a.
reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth. -- Self`-ev"i*dent*ly, adv.
SELF-EVOLUTION n.
Evolution of one's self; development by inherent quality or power.
SELF-EXALTATION n.
The act of exalting one's self, or the state of being so exalted.
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