adj.
Function: pronoun, singular or plural in construction
Date: before 12th century
: one or ones belonging to oneself ― used after a possessive and without a following noun <gave out books so that each of us had our own > <a room of your own >
– on one's own
1 : for or by oneself : independently of assistance or control <made the decision on his own >
2 : left to rely entirely on one's own resources <if you mess up, you're on your own >