'Denial of one's self' definitions:

Definition of 'Denial of one's self'

From: GCIDE

Denial \De*ni"al\, n. [See Deny.]
1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation. [1913 Webster]
You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient. --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]
2. A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction. [1913 Webster]
3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request. [1913 Webster]
The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory denials. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
4. A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God. [1913 Webster]
Denial of one's self, a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial. [1913 Webster]