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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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