denial : Idioms & Phrases

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Denial of one's self

  • a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial.
Webster 1913

self-denial

  • noun the trait of practicing self discipline
    self-discipline.
  • noun the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
    self-discipline; self-control.
  • noun renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
    self-renunciation; abnegation; denial; self-abnegation.
WordNet
Self`-de*ni"al noun
Definitions
  1. The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.
Webster 1913