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self-denial
noun
1 self-denial
The trait of practicing self discipline.
synonym: self-discipline.
Roget 990:
worship,
adoration,
devotion,
aspiration,
homage,
service,
humiliation;
kneeling,
genuflection,
prostration.
prayer,
invocation,
supplication,
rogation,
intercession,
orison,
holy breathing;
petition
etc.
(request)
765;
collect,
litany,
Lord's prayer,
paternoster [Lat.];
beadroll†;
latria†,
dulia†,
hyperdulia†,
vigils;
revival;
cult;
anxious meeting,
camp meeting;
ebenezer,
virginal.
thanksgiving;
giving thanks,
returning thanks;
grace,
praise,
glorification,
benediction,
doxology,
hosanna;
hallelujah,
allelujah†;
Te Deum [Lat.],
non nobis Domine [Lat.],
nunc dimittis [Lat.];
paean;
benschen [G.];
Ave Maria,
O Salutaris,
Sanctus [Lat.],
The Annunciation,
Tersanctus,
Trisagion.
psalm,
psalmody;
hymn,
plain song,
chant,
chaunt,
response,
anthem,
motet;
antiphon†,
antiphony.
oblation,
sacrifice,
incense,
libation;
burnt offering,
heave offering,
votive offering;
offertory.
discipline;
self-discipline,
self-examination,
self-denial;
fasting.
divine service,
office,
duty;
exercises;
morning prayer;
mass,
matins,
evensong,
vespers;
undernsong†,
tierce†;
holyday
etc.
(rites)
998.
worshipper,
congregation,
communicant,
celebrant.
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Polish: samodyscyplina
2 self-denial
The act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses.
synonyms: self-control, self-discipline.
Roget 942:
disinterestedness
etc.
adj.;
generosity;
liberality,
liberalism;
altruism;
benevolence
etc.
906;
elevation,
loftiness of purpose,
exaltation,
magnanimity;
chivalry,
chivalrous spirit;
heroism,
sublimity.
self-denial,
self-abnegation,
self-sacrifice,
self-immolation,
self-control
etc.
(resolution)
604;
stoicism,
devotion,
martyrdom,
suttee.
labor of love.
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Roget 944:
virtue;
virtuousness
etc.
adj.;
morality;
moral rectitude;
integrity
etc.
(probity)
939;
nobleness
etc.
873.
morals;
ethics
etc.
(duty)
926;
cardinal virtues.
merit,
worth,
desert,
excellence,
credit;
self-control
etc.
(resolution)
604;
self-denial
etc.
(temperance)
953.
well-doing;
good actions,
good behavior;
discharge of duty,
fulfillment of duty,
performance of duty;
well-spent life;
innocence
etc.
946.
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Roget 953:
temperance,
moderation,
sobriety,
soberness.
forbearance,
abnegation;
self-denial,
self-restraint,
self-control
etc.
(resolution)
604.
frugality;
vegetarianism,
teetotalism,
total abstinence;
abstinence,
abstemiousness;
Encratism†,
prohibition;
system of Pythagoras,
system of Cornaro;
Pythagorism,
Stoicism.
vegetarian;
Pythagorean,
gymnosophist†.
teetotaler
etc.
958;
abstainer;
designated driver;
Encratite†,
fruitarian†,
hydropot†.
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Dutch: zelfcontrole
Polish: wyrzeczenie, prywacja
3 self-denial
Moby thesaurus: Albigensianism, Catharism, Franciscanism, Sabbatarianism, Trappism, Waldensianism, Yoga, abnegation, abstaining, abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, altruism, anchoritic monasticism, anchoritism, aplomb, asceticism, austerity, calm, calmness, commitment, composure, consecration, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, cool, dedication, denial, desisting, devotion, discipline, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, eremitism, evenness, fasting, flagellation, forbearance, frugality, gentleness, giving up, golden mean, happy medium, hardship, humility, impartiality, independence, judiciousness, juste-milieu, lenity, maceration, magnanimity, meden agan, mendicantism, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, modesty, monachism, monasticism, mortification, neutrality, nonviolence, nothing in excess, pacifism, possession, privation, prudence, puritanism, refusal, refusing, renouncement, renouncing, renunciation, repose, restraint, rigor, sacrifice, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-command, self-conquest, self-control, self-devotion, self-discipline, self-effacement, self-forgetful, self-forgetfulness, self-government, self-immolation, self-mastery, self-mortification, self-neglect, self-neglectfulness, self-possession, self-renouncement, self-restraint, self-sacrifice, self-sacrificing, self-subjection, selflessness, serenity, soberness, sobriety, sophrosyne, stability, steadiness, suffering, swearing off, temperance, temperateness, tranquillity, unacquisitiveness, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, unpossessiveness, unselfishness, via media, voluntary poverty ... show more.
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