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View definitions for self-sustenance

self-sustenance

noun as in self-sufficiency

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Example Sentences

Though she was always pale in colour and frail looking, there was within her a great power of self-sustenance.

Besides, she was not sure that she was really face to face again with the bitter problem of self-sustenance.

Perhaps they suffer less than their white sisters, who have more aspiration and refinement, with little power of self-sustenance.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to self-sustenance, such as: autonomy, independence, self-reliance, and self-support.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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