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SELF-CONTAINED

Definition:

[adjective] constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself; "the university is like a self-contained city with shops and all amenities"
[adjective] in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"
Synonyms: collected, equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-possessed