self-deˈnial
[self- 1 a.]
Denial or abnegation of oneself; sacrifice of one's personal desires.
| 1642 D. Rogers Naaman To Rdr. §1 This notion of Selfe and her opposite Self-deniall. 1683 Tryon Way to Health 62 This excellent state is not obtainable without Self-denial, and suffering now and then a little gentle Hunger. 1711 Steele Spect. No. 248 ¶1 The great Foundation of civil Virtue is Self-Denial. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess Mar 10 Mar., I have not written to you..these many months; a great piece of self-denial. 1834 J. H. Newman Par. Serm. I. v. 79 Let your very rising from your bed be a self-denial; let your meals be self-denials. |