self-sufficing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

self-sufficing
    adj 1: able to provide for your own needs without help from
           others; "a self-sufficing economic unit" [syn: {self-
           sufficient}, {self-sufficing}, {self-sustaining}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Self-sufficing \Self`-suf*fi"cing\, a.
   Sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needing
   external aid; self-sufficient. -- {Self`-suf*fi"cing*ness},
   n. --J. C. Shairp.
   [1913 Webster]

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