Self-justifier noun One who excuses or justifies himself. J. M. Mason.

Self-kindled adjective Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power. Dryden.

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

2. Knowing of itself, without help from another.

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

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

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 adjective Possessing in itself the property of emitting light. Sir D. Brewster.

Self-made adjective Made by one's self.

Self-made man , a man who has risen from poverty or obscurity by means of his own talents or energies.

Self-mettle noun Inborn mettle or courage; one's own temper. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Self-motion noun Motion given by inherent power, without external impulse; spontaneous or voluntary motion.

Matter is not induced with self- motion .

Cheyne.

Self-moved adjective Moved by inherent power., without the aid of external impulse.

Self-moving adjective Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse.

Self-murder adjective Suicide.

Self-murderer noun A suicide.

Self-neglecting noun A neglecting of one's self, or of one's own interests.

Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin
As self-neglecting .

Shak.

Self-one adjective Secret. [ Obsolete] Marston.

Self-opinion noun Opinion, especially high opinion, of one's self; an overweening estimate of one's self or of one's own opinion. Collier.

Self-opinioned adjective Having a high opinion of one's self; opinionated; conceited. South.

Self-originating adjective Beginning with, or springing from, one's self.

Self-partiality noun That partiality to himself by which a man overrates his own worth when compared with others. Kames.

Self-perplexed adjective Perplexed by doubts originating in one's own mind.

Self-posited adjective Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself.

These molecular blocks of salt are self- posited .

Tyndall.

Self-positing adjective The act of disposing or arranging one's self or itself.

The self-positing of the molecules.

R. Watts.

Self-possessed adjective Composed or tranquil in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.

Self-possession noun The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.

Self-praise noun Praise of one's self.

Self-preservation noun The preservation of one's self from destruction or injury.

Self-propagating adjective Propagating by one's self or by itself.

Self-registering adjective Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; as, a self-registering anemometer or barometer.

Self-regulated adjective Regulated by one's self or by itself.

Self-regulative adjective Tending or serving to regulate one's self or itself. Whewell.

Self-reliance noun Reliance on one's own powers or judgment; self-trust.

Self-reliant adjective Reliant upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers or judgment.

Self-renunciation noun The act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes, claims, etc.; self-sacrifice.

Self-repellency noun The quality or state of being self-repelling.

Self-repelling adjective Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling .

Self-repetition noun Repetition of one's self or of one's acts; the saying or doing what one has already said or done.

Self-reproach noun The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.

Self-reproached adjective Reproached by one's own conscience or judgment.

Self-reproaching adjective Reproaching one's self. -- Self`-re*proach"ing*ly , adverb

Self-reproof noun The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.

Self-reproved adjective Reproved by one's own conscience or one's own sense of guilt.

Self-reproving adjective Reproving one's self; reproving by consciousness of guilt.

Self-reprovingly adverb In a self-reproving way.

Self-repugnant adjective Self- contradictory; inconsistent. Brougham.

Self-repulsive adjective Self- repelling.

Self-respect noun Respect for one's self; regard for one's character; laudable self- esteem.

Selfless adjective Having no regard to self; unselfish.

Lo now, what hearts have men! they never mount
As high as woman in her selfless mood.

Tennyson.

Selflessness noun Quality or state of being selfless.

Selfness noun Selfishness. [ Obsolete] Sir. P. Sidney.