'Self-denial' definitions:
Definition of 'self-denial'
(from WordNet)
noun
The trait of practicing self discipline [syn: self- discipline, self-denial]
noun
The act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses [syn: self-denial, self-discipline, self-control]
noun
Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others [syn: abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation]
Definition of 'Self-denial'
From: GCIDE
- Self-denial \Self`-de*ni"al\, n. The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'self-denial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnegation,
- abstaining,
- abstemiousness,
- abstention,
- abstinence,
- Albigensianism,
- altruism,
- anchoritic monasticism,
- anchoritism,
- aplomb,
- asceticism,
- austerity,
- calm,
- calmness,
- Catharism,
- commitment,
- composure,
- consecration,
- conservatism,
- constraint,
- continence,
- control,
- cool,
- dedication,
- denial,
- desisting,
- devotion,
- discipline,
- disinterest,
- disinterestedness,
- dispassion,
- eremitism,
- evenness,
- fasting,
- flagellation,
- forbearance,
- Franciscanism,
- frugality,
- gentleness,
- giving up,
- golden mean,
- happy medium,
- hardship,
- humility,
- impartiality,
- independence,
- judiciousness,
- juste-milieu,
- lenity,
- maceration,
- magnanimity,
- meden agan,
- mendicantism,
- middle way,
- mildness,
- moderateness,
- moderation,
- moderationism,
- modesty,
- monachism,
- monasticism,
- mortification,
- neutrality,
- nonviolence,
- nothing in excess,
- pacifism,
- possession,
- privation,
- prudence,
- puritanism,
- refusal,
- refusing,
- renouncement,
- renouncing,
- renunciation,
- repose,
- restraint,
- rigor,
- Sabbatarianism,
- sacrifice,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- self-command,
- self-conquest,
- self-control,
- self-devotion,
- self-discipline,
- self-effacement,
- self-forgetful,
- self-forgetfulness,
- self-government,
- self-immolation,
- self-mastery,
- self-mortification,
- self-neglect,
- self-neglectfulness,
- self-possession,
- self-renouncement,
- self-restraint,
- self-sacrifice,
- self-sacrificing,
- self-subjection,
- selflessness,
- serenity,
- soberness,
- sobriety,
- sophrosyne,
- stability,
- steadiness,
- suffering,
- swearing off,
- temperance,
- temperateness,
- tranquillity,
- Trappism,
- unacquisitiveness,
- unexcessiveness,
- unextravagance,
- unextremeness,
- unpossessiveness,
- unselfishness,
- via media,
- voluntary poverty,
- Waldensianism,
- Yoga