self-support

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Related to self-supported: unslakable, digressionary, perpetually, self-subsistent

self-sup·port

(sĕlf′sə-pôrt′)
n.
The act of or capacity for supporting oneself, especially financially, without the help of others.

self′-sup·port′ed, self′-sup·port′ing adj.
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self′-support′



n.
the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
[1760–70]
self′-support′ed, adj.
self′-support′ing, adj.
self′-support′ingly, adv.
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