self-strength

noun

1. the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
2. mental power, force, or vigor.
3. moral power, firmness, or courage.
4. power by reason of influence, authority, resources, numbers, etc.
5. number, as of personnel or ships in a force or body: a regiment with a strength of 3000.
6. effective force, potency, or cogency, as of inducements or arguments: the strength of his plea.
7. power of resisting force, strain, wear, etc.
8. vigor of action, language, feeling, etc.
9. the effective or essential properties characteristic of a beverage, chemical, or the like: The alcoholic strength of brandy far exceeds that of wine.
10. a particular proportion or concentration of these properties; intensity, as of light, color, sound, flavor, or odor: coffee of normal strength.
11. something or someone that gives one strength or is a source of power or encouragement; sustenance: The Bible was her strength and joy.
12. power to rise or remain firm in prices: Stocks continued to show strength. The pound declined in strength.

Idioms

13. on the strength of, on the basis of; relying on: He was accepted by the college on the strength of ardent personal recommendations.

noun

1. the state or quality of being physically or mentally strong
2. the ability to withstand or exert great force, stress, or pressure
3. something that is regarded as being beneficial or a source of powertheir chief strength is technology
4. potency, as of a drink, drug, etc
5. power to convince; cogencythe strength of an argument
6. degree of intensity or concentration of colour, light, sound, flavour, etc
7. the full or part of the full complement as specifiedat full strength; below strength
8. finance firmness of or a rising tendency in prices, esp security prices
9. archaic, or poetic a stronghold or fortress
10. Australian and NZ informal the general idea, the main purposeto get the strength of something
11. from strength to strength with ever-increasing success
12. in strength in large numbers
13. on the strength of on the basis of or relying upon

n.Old English strengþu “power, force, vigor, moral resistance,” from Proto-Germanic *strangitho (cf. Old High German strengida “strength”), in gradational relationship to the root of strong, with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)). see brute force (strength); on the strength of; tower of strength.