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self-contained

— adjective constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself the university is like a self-contained city with shops and all amenities — adjective (= collected, poised, self-possessed) in full control of your faculties the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination perfectly poised and sure of himself more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble

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independent temperate self-sufficient self-possessed self-collected reserved poised equanimous collected unsupervised unsociable unpretentious unpretending unostentatious understated unbacked unattached unassisted unaided subdued stand-alone sober single-handed shy separate self-sustaining self-sustained self-supporting self-reliant self-governing self-directed self-consistent self sufficient sedate reticent restrained quiet patient low-keyed low-key insular inboard entrails distinct discreet complete closed built-in autonomous autonomic

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