Definitions for: Self-help

[n] the act of helping or improving yourself without relying on anyone else

Webster (1913) Definition: Self`-help", n. (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.

Self`-help", n.
The act of aiding one's self, without depending on the aid of
others.

See Also: aid, assist, assistance, help