self degradation

The state of being self degraded; the act of degrading one's self. self-delation, s. Accusation of one's self. self-deluded, a. Self-deceived. Cowper : Task , iii. 316. "Self-deluded nymphs and swains." self-delusion, s. Self-deception, self-deceit. self-denial, subst . The denial of one's self; forbearance to gratify one's own appetites or desires. self-denying, a. Denying one's self; forbearing 1. Conscious of one's own acts or state as belong to gratify one's own appetite or desires. ing to one's self. "Yet my self-conscious worth, your high renown, Your virtue, through the neighb'ring nations blown." Dryden. (Todd.) 2. Conscious of one's self as an object of observation to others; apt to think much of how one appears to others. IMG:content-1178.png:[blocks in formation] self-contained, adj . Wrapt up in one's self; re-served, cold, not communicative. (Dickens: Christ. mas Carol, stave 1.) Self-contained engine : A portable engine without traveling gear.