Self-help

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Self-help \Self`-help"\, n.
     1. The act of aiding one's self, without depending on the aid
        of others.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. 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.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Self-help \Self`-help"\, a.
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  self-help
       n : the act of helping or improving yourself without relying on
           anyone else