Self-reliance \Self`-re*li"ance\, n.
Reliance on one's own powers or judgment; self-trust.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
self-reliance
n : personal independence [syn: autonomy, self-direction, self-sufficiency]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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