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one·self Listen to audio/ˌwʌnˈsɛlf/ pronoun
formal 1used as the object of a verb or preposition when one is the stated subject or is understood to be the subject One can easily teach oneself how to sew. It is not wrong to congratulate oneself. when one discovers how different others are from oneself One usually associates with people of the same age as oneself. It is important to have good feelings about oneself.
2used for emphasis to refer again to the subject when one is the subject If one does not have the information oneself, one can ask others.

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