self-reliance

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

self-reliance
    n 1: personal independence [syn: {autonomy}, {self-direction},
         {self-reliance}, {self-sufficiency}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Self-reliance \Self`-re*li"ance\, n.
   Reliance on one's own powers or judgment; self-trust.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-reliance":
      Declaration of Independence, arrogance, assurance, assuredness,
      autarchy, autarky, autonomy, belief, boastfulness, certitude,
      cocksureness, conceit, confidence, confidentness, conviction,
      courage, face, faith, haughtiness, home rule, hubris, independence,
      individualism, inner-direction, overconfidence, oversureness,
      overweening, overweeningness, pardonable pride, poise, pomposity,
      positiveness, pride, pridefulness, proudness, purse-pride,
      rugged individualism, security, self-assurance, self-confidence,
      self-consequence, self-containment, self-determination,
      self-direction, self-esteem, self-government, self-importance,
      self-respect, self-sufficiency, settled belief, stiff-necked pride,
      stiff-neckedness, subjective certainty, sureness, surety, trust,
      vanity

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