Self-discipline Self`-dis"ci·pline noun Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.

Self-distrust Self`-dis·trust" noun Want of confidence in one' self; diffidence.

Self-educated Self`-ed"u·ca`ted adjective Educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or without pecuniary assistance from others.

Self-elective Self`-e·lect"ive adjective Having the right of electing one's self, or, as a body, of electing its own members.

Self-enjoyment Self`-en·joy"ment noun Enjoyment of one's self; self-satisfaction.

Self-esteem Self`-es·teem" noun The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.

Self-estimation Self`-es`ti·ma"tion noun The act of estimating one's self; self-esteem.

Self-evidence Self`-ev"i·dence noun The quality or state of being self-evident. Locke.

Self-evident Self`-ev"i·dent adjective Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth. -- Self`-ev"i*dent*ly , adverb

Self-evolution Self`-ev`o·lu"tion noun Evolution of one's self; development by inherent quality or power.

Self-exaltation Self`-ex`al·ta"tion noun The act of exalting one's self, or the state of being so exalted.

Self-examinant Self`-ex·am"i·nant noun One who examines himself; one given to self-examination.

The humiliated self-examinant feels that there is evil in our nature as well as good.

Coleridge.

Self-examination Self`-ex·am`i·na"tion noun An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties.

Self-excite Self`-ex·cite" transitive verb (Electricity) To energize or excite (the field magnets of a dynamo) by induction from the residual magnetism of its cores, leading all or a part of the current thus produced through the field-magnet coils.

Self-existence Self`-ex·ist"ence noun Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause; -- an attribute peculiar to God. Blackmore.

Self-existent Self`-ex·ist"ent adjective Existing of or by himself, independent of any other being or cause; -- as, God is the only self-existent being.

self-explaining self`-ex·plain"ing adjective Explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation.

Self-exposure Self`-ex·po"sure noun The act of exposing one's self; the state of being so exposed.

Self-fertilization Self`-fer`ti·li·za"tion noun (Botany) The fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same flower and without outer aid; autogamy.

Self-fertilized Self`-fer"ti·lized adjective (Botany) Fertilized by pollen from the same flower.

Self-glorious Self`-glo"ri·ous adjective Springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful. Dryden.

Self-government Self`-gov"ern·ment noun 1. The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.

2. Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy.

It is to self-government , the great principle of popular representation and administration, -- the system that lets in all to participate in the councels that are to assign the good or evil to all, -- that we may owe what we are and what we hope to be.

D. Webster.

Self-gratulation Self`-grat`u·la"tion noun Gratulation of one's self.

Self-hardening Self`-hard"en·ing adjective (Metal.) Designating, or pert. to, any of various steels that harden when heated to above a red heat and cooled in air, usually in a blast of cold air with moderate rapidity, without quenching. Such steels are alloys of iron and carbon with manganese, tungsten and manganese, chromium, molybdenum and manganese, etc. They are chiefly used as high-speed steels. -- Self`-hard"en*ed , adjective

Self-heal Self`-heal" noun (Botany) A blue-flowered labiate plant ( Brunella vulgaris ); the healall.

Self-healing Self`-heal"ing adjective Having the power or property of healing itself.

Self-help Self`-help" noun The act of aiding one's self, without depending on the aid of others.

Self-help Self`-help" noun (Law) The right or fact of redressing or preventing wrongs by one's own action without recourse to legal proceedings, as in self-defense, distress, abatement of a nuisance, etc.

Self-homicide Self`-hom"i·cide noun The act of killing one's self; suicide. Hakewill.

Self-ignorance Self`-ig"no·rance noun Ignorance of one's own character, powers, and limitations.

Self-ignorant Self`-ig"no·rant adjective Ignorant of one's self.

Self-imparting Self`-im·part"ing adjective Imparting by one's own, or by its own, powers and will. Norris.

Self-importance Self`-im·por"tance noun An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.

Self-important Self`-im·por"tant adjective Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.

Self-imposed Self`-im·posed" adjective Voluntarily taken on one's self; as, self-imposed tasks.

Self-imposture Self`-im·pos"ture noun Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit. South.

Self-indignation Self`-in`dig·na"tion noun Indignation at one's own character or actions. Baxter.

Self-induction Self`-in·duc"tion noun (Electricity) Induction in a circuit due to the action of one portion of a current upon an adjacent portion during periods of varying current strength. The nature of the induction is such as to oppose the action which produces it.

Self-indulgence Self`-in·dul"gence noun Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint , and self-denial .

Self-indulgent Self`-in·dul"gent adjective Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely.

Self-interest Self`-in"ter·est noun Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's self.

Self-interested Self`-in"ter·est·ed adjective Particularly concerned for one's own interest or happiness.

Self-involution Self`-in`vo·lu"tion noun Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie.

Self-justifier Self`-jus"ti·fi`er noun One who excuses or justifies himself. J. M. Mason.

Self-kindled Self`-kin"dled adjective Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power. Dryden.

Self-knowing Self`-know"ing adjective 1. Knowing one's self, or one's own character, powers, and limitations.

2. Knowing of itself, without help from another.

Self-knowledge Self`-knowl"edge noun Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.

Self-life Self"-life` noun Life for one's self; living solely or chiefly for one's own pleasure or good.

Self-love Self`-love` noun The love of one's self; desire of personal happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage. Shak.

Self-love , the spring of motion, acts the soul.

Pope.

Syn. -- Selfishness. -- Self-love , Selfishness . The term self-love is used in a twofold sense: 1. It denotes that longing for good or for well- being which actuates the breasts of all, entering into and characterizing every special desire. In this sense it has no moral quality, being, from the nature of the case, neither good nor evil. 2. It is applied to a voluntary regard for the gratification of special desires. In this sense it is morally good or bad according as these desires are conformed to duty or opposed to it. Selfishness is always voluntary and always wrong, being that regard to our own interests, gratification, etc., which is sought or indulged at the expense, and to the injury, of others. "So long as self-love does not degenerate into selfishness , it is quite compatible with true benevolence." Fleming. "Not only is the phrase self-love used as synonymous with the desire of happiness, but it is often confounded with the word selfishness , which certainly, in strict propriety, denotes a very different disposition of mind." Slewart.

Self-luminous Self`-lu"mi·nous adjective Possessing in itself the property of emitting light. Sir D. Brewster.

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