self-reliance 
noun [mass noun]
Reliance on one’s own powers and resources rather than those of others.Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance?...
- Due to the way my family is, I developed a strong sense of self-reliance and independence along the way.
- Those whose greatest interest is in liberty and self-reliance are lost in the shuffle.
Synonyms
self-sufficiency, self-support, self-sustenance, self-standing, independence
rare autarky
- appetiser
- appetising
- appetite
- appetitive
- appetizer
- appetizing
- appetizingly
- Appian Way
- applaud
- applaudable
- applaud (or cheer) someone to the echo
- applause
- applause line
- applause meter
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- apple berry
- apple bite
- apple blight
- apple bloom
- apple bobber
- apple-bobbing