" self-subsistence "

1: the ability to care for one's self;

  * e.g., " ... the goal of the program is to help these people achieve self-subsistence and to end their dependence on government aid "

•  Synonyms : 

•  independence,

•  self-dependence,

•  self-reliance,

•  self-sufficiency,

•  self-support

•  Antonyms : 

•  dependence,

•  reliance

1: able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help;

  * e.g., " ... that country was agronomically self-subsistent before industrialization "

•  Synonyms : 

•  independent,

•  self-dependent,

•  self-reliant,

•  self-subsisting,

•  self-sufficient,

•  self-supported,

•  self-supporting,

•  self-sustained,

•  self-sustaining

•  Antonyms : 

•  dependent,

•  reliant