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noun

Self-help n.

The act of aiding one's self, without depending on the aid of others.

(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.

Developing one's capabilities or solving one's own problems, especially psychological problems, without the assistance of a professional, by independent study or by association with other individuals having similar interests.

adjective

Self-help adj. Of, pertaining to, or useful for the process of developing one's capabilities or solving one's problems; as, self-help books on writing for profit.

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Etymology of 'Self-help'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Self-help" Quotes from Famous Books

... was little to be wondered at that he urged Haggis to press on with greater speed, for now he was certain that his chum must be in a terrible fix, out from which there was no self-help. He would hardly waste cartridges so recklessly were he not ...

— The Fiery Totem - A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West • Argyll Saxby

... from childhood the use of the bow, and accustomed to consider sword-play and quarter-staff as a necessary part and parcel of education, and the pastime of every leisure hour. The "fiercest nation upon earth," as they were then called, and the freest also, each man of them fought for himself with the self-help and self-respect of a Yankee ranger, and once bidden to do his work, was trusted to carry it out by his own wit as best he could. In one word, he was ...

— The Junior Classics • Various

... unconsciously, are enough. But that is not true. The least unfavorable circumstance, over-exertion, indisposition, an unaccustomed situation, anything can blow out the "unconscious" one's light, or at least make it flicker badly. Of any self-help, when there is ignorance of all the fundamentals, there can be no question. Any help is grasped at. Then appears the so-called (but false) "individuality," under whose mask so much that is bad presents itself to art and before ...

— How to Sing - [Meine Gesangskunst] • Lilli Lehmann

... Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct. By Samuel Smiles, Author of "The Life of George Stephenson." Boston. Ticknor & Fields. 16mo. ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 5, No. 28, February, 1860 • Various

... recently present at a large gathering of teachers who had assembled to discuss the teaching of Drawing and other kindred topics. The district is one in which the gospel of self-help in Drawing has been preached with diligence and with much apparent success. One of the teachers, who was expected to support the Board in their crusade against the "flat copy," played the part of Balaam by ...

— What Is and What Might Be - A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular • Edmond Holmes

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