selves

The total, essential, or particular being of a person; the individual: "An actor's instrument is the self" (Joan Juliet Buck).

The essential qualities distinguishing one person from another; individuality: "He would walk a little first along the southern walls, shed his European self, fully enter this world" (Howard Kaplan).

One's consciousness of one's own being or identity; the ego: "For some of us, the self's natural doubts are given in mesmerizing amplification by way of critics' negative assessments of our writing" (Joyce Carol Oates).

One's own interests, welfare, or advantage: thinking of self alone.

Immunology That which the immune system identifies as belonging to the body: tissues no longer recognized as self.

Of the same character throughout.

Of the same material as the article with which it is used: a dress with a self belt.

Obsolete Same or identical.