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Adjective: self-righteous  self 'rI-chus
  1. Excessively or hypocritically pious
    "a sickening self-righteous smile"
    - holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious

See also: pious, self-righteously

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self-renunciation
self-report inventory
self-report personality inventory
self-reproach
self-reproof
self-respect
self-respectful
self-respecting
self-restraining
self-restraint
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self-righteously
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self-rising flour
self-rule
self-sacrifice
self-sacrificing
selfsame
selfsameness
self-satisfaction
self-satisfied