From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishself-imposedˌself-imˈposed adjective [usually before noun]PERSONALLY/YOURSELFa self-imposed rule, duty etc is one that you have made for yourself, and which no one has asked you to accept
She spent five years in self-imposed exile in Bolivia.Examples from the Corpusself-imposed• He works for me, although the work is self-imposed.• They were going to break out of their self-imposedcage.• They're not bad, in fact within the self-imposedlimitedparameters they're quite good.• I intended to get down to work immediately, knowing how dangerous are unscheduled days, how fragileself-imposed plans.• It's back to the dollybirdculture of the 70s, with none of the self-imposedrestraint.• The fiction, however, reads like an attempt to break out of this self-imposedrestriction.• Until his death in 1980, he followed a strenuous, self-imposed work schedule.self-imposed exile• His predecessor, Benazir Bhutto, is living in self-imposed exile in London.From Longman Business Dictionaryself-imposedˌself-imˈposed adjective [only before a noun]a self-imposed rule, condition, or limit has been set by the people who must obey it, and does not have to be obeyed by anyone elseEven with the approach of aself-imposed deadline, there was no clear sign of an agreement.the banks’self-imposed creditrationing
