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[syn: self-sufficient, self-sufficing, self-sustaining]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Self-sufficing \Self`-suf*fi"cing\, a.
Sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needing
external aid; self-sufficient. -- Self`-suf*fi"cing*ness,
n. --J. C. Shairp.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
self-sufficing
adj 1: able to provide for your own needs without help from
others; "a self-sufficing economic unit" [syn: self-
sufficient, self-sufficing, self-sustaining]