(Of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment.
1 These are people who also want to be able to be self - reliant .
2 He does not believe in pampering children, but in making them self - reliant .
3 He looks quiet and strong; a self - reliant fellow would be my guess.
4 They and their parents were a breed unto themselves, self - reliant yet interdependent.
5 It is the moral atmosphere of a life self-centred, self - reliant , and self-controlled.
6 He has never trained himself in nerve-control, being so stolid and self-reliant .
7 We're used to being cut off, and we are a self - reliant community.
8 And it was not merely the self - reliant , independence-seeking women who were discontented.
9 The children grew and developed into self - reliant , liberty loving men and women.
10 I couldn't wait to be self - reliant on every weedy inch of it.
11 Miss Sommerton rose and stepped with firm, self - reliant tread on the landing.
12 He stooped and kissed the self - reliant Miss West, who turned very pink.
13 Animated by these stern and self - reliant sentiments, he stepped upon the mat.
14 Perhaps circumstances have made me unduly self - reliant : on that others must judge.
15 She will grow firm and patient and self - reliant , I do not doubt.
16 He knew her self - reliant and had always guessed her sufficient to herself.
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