SELF-IMPOSED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-imposed mean? 

• SELF-IMPOSED (adjective)
  The adjective SELF-IMPOSED has 1 sense:

1. voluntarily assumed or endured

  Familiarity information: SELF-IMPOSED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELF-IMPOSED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Voluntarily assumed or endured

Context example:

self-imposed exile

Similar:

voluntary (of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled)

 Context examples 

He was going, and, if not voluntarily going, voluntarily intending to stay away; for, excepting what might be due to his uncle, his engagements were all self-imposed.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

To Elizabeth, however, he voluntarily acknowledged that the necessity of his absence had been self-imposed.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)