deny : Idioms & Phrases

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self-denying

  • adjective satellite willing to deprive yourself
    self-sacrificing; self-giving.
  • adjective satellite used especially of behavior
    renunciative; self-abnegating; renunciant.
WordNet
Self`-de*ny"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing. -- Self`-de*ny"ing*ly, adv.
Webster 1913

To deny one's self

  • to decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practice self-denial.
Webster 1913