self-denial
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5.7
- noun
- /ˈsɛlf dɪˈnaɪəl/
:
autonegación
- Note this, too: Marshall understood that acceptance of the Constitution was an act of self-denial in the name of self-government.
- a form of self-denial
Examples
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Through self-denial, she was able to save enough money for her trip.
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This is accomplished through great self-denial, through penitence and through contemplation.
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This is growth, this is self-denial... and this is sacrifice.
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Lent is about sacrifice and growth through self-denial.
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The motive behind this self-denial is the need to realize her family's wishes.
Academic text (2001) -
My dear Vicomte... I don't believe this self-denial can be good for you.
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Through self-improvement in the form of healthy living and self-denial, beauty becomes an attainable goal.
Academic text (2018) -
I hope you'll understand the beauty of restraint and self-denial
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In order to excel, the athlete must live an ascetic life of self-denial and undergo rigorous physical training.
Academic text (1992) -
It's the personal submission the Amish strive for—self-denial for the community's sake—and a lack of it was Beulah's supposed crime.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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3.3
Being able to stop yourself from acting on strong feelings or wants when it is hard
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4.4
The ability to control your actions and feelings even when it is hard
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4.0
Giving up your own needs or comforts for others
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9.9
To give up your comfort to help other people
To give up your own needs to help others
Giving up your own wants and needs to help other people
Choosing not to enjoy pleasures or luxuries to control yourself
Antonyms
How Self-Denying
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Self-denial is made of self ('your own person') and denial, from deny ('to refuse'). It paints a clear picture: you 'refuse yourself' small pleasures on purpose, so self-denial means choosing not to have what you want, often for moral or religious reasons.