self-denial
noun
the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
self-denying
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a word derived from
self-denial.
Example Sentences
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The point is that you can’t predict what the net effect of an individual self-denying ordinance would be.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2020
This brave self-denying mother lives today here in Tulsa and with her that tot—now a splendid young lady—whom she risked her life to save.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2019
But he’s not by nature the self-denying type: as soon as the movie wrapped, he spent three days on a couch eating mozzarella and bone marrow and drinking wine.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2018
Keleş, who has since left the movement, said that while Gülen presented himself as a humble, self-denying cleric, in private he was entirely different: vain, megalomaniacal, demanding total obedience.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2016
This was to us a self-denying act of courtesy, compelled by policy.
From North-Pole Voyages by Zachariah Atwell Mudge
