in one's own right

Idioms

Through one's own skills or qualifications, as in He's a fine violinist in his own right, or She has a fortune in her own right. This term originally alluded to a legal title or claim, as in She was queen in her own right, but has been used more loosely since about 1600.

Example Sentences

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But certainly I had been brought to the conclusion that "sincerely to give up one's conceit or hope of being good in one's own right is the only door to the Universe's deeper reaches."

From Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes by Addams, Jane

Sincerely to give up one's conceit or hope of being good in one's own right is the only door to the universe's deeper reaches.

From A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy by James, William

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