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Definition of Self-help
1. Noun. The act of helping or improving yourself without relying on anyone else.
Definition of Self-help
1. Noun. the practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others. ¹
2. Noun. (legal) an act of redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions rather than through legal proceedings ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-help
Literary usage of Self-help
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1898)
"self-help. self-help Had we to write legal history out of our own heads, we >SB]
Jaw"6 might plausibly suppose that in the beginning law expects men to help ..."
2. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"self-help. self-help Had we to write legal history out of our own heads, we law!"'
might plausibly suppose that in the beginning law expects men to help ..."
3. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1886)
"A short time ago, a newspaper of Buffalo headed an article on the Chanty Organization
Society " The Society for self-help." How well we deserve this title ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"< Self Help > is a stimulating book for young people, written in an interesting
manner; and while full of religious feeling, is free from cant. ..."
5. Catalogue by Yale University, Columbia university, Hokkaido University (1907)
"DCL KITCHEL, MA, BD, Secretary of the Bureau The BUREAU OF SELF HELP ...
A pamphlet, entitled "Self-Help at Yale," giving an account of the various means by ..."
6. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1892)
"GOOD teachers aim to establish self-help. Their ingenuity and patience are often
taxed heavily to remove indifference, laziness, slang, deceit, vulgarity, ..."
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