self-denying
adjective
1 self-denying
Willing to deprive yourself.
synonyms: self-giving, self-sacrificing.
Roget 942: disinterested; unselfish; self-denying, self-sacrificing, self-devoted; generous. handsome, liberal, noble, broad-minded; noble-minded, high-minded; princely, great, ... show more
2 self-denying
Used especially of behavior.
synonyms: renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating.
Moby thesaurus: Albigensian, Catharist, Franciscan, Sabbatarian, Trappist, Waldensian, abstinent, altruistic, anchoritic, ascetic, austere, committed, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, disinterested, eremitic, flagellant, humble, mendicant ... show more.
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