self-imposed

[ self-im-pohzd, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf ɪmˈpoʊzd, ˌsɛlf- /

imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.

Origin of self-imposed

First recorded in 1775–85

Padre Goyo got back to Mexico in May from a three-month hiatus that he called a self-imposed exile in Europe.

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Near the end of his self-imposed quest to get to the bottom of the big Warum?

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I quote Immanuel Kant in my preface, defining enlightenment as mankind coming out of its self-imposed immaturity.

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Get help, advocate for yourself, dial down your self-imposed parenting standards.

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Courage in the face of senseless, self-imposed danger is the coin the realm.

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One sees them staggering gravewards under a load of self-imposed burdens.

Alone |Norman Douglas
The self-imposed solitude of the hotel had begun to be irksome.

Thirty |Howard Vincent O'Brien
It would be good to have his companionship and assistance in working out my self-imposed vow.

The Motor Pirate |George Sidney Paternoster
He even retired to a corner and hid his face in self-imposed penance.

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Its movements are said to be very clumsy and erratic, as if its self-imposed burden was too cumbersome for its strength.

Tropic Days |E. J. Banfield

self-imposed

(of a task, role, or circumstance) having been imposed on oneself by oneself