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Definition of Self-denial

1. Noun. The trait of practicing self discipline.

2. Noun. The act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses.

3. Noun. Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others.

Definition of Self-denial

1. Noun. The act of refusing to recognize unpleasant facts even when presented by one's self. ¹

2. Noun. Taking action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-denial

self-control self-controlled self-critical self-criticism self-cultivation self-curing resin self-deal self-dealing self-deceit self-deception

self-deceptions self-defeating self-defence self-defense self-delusion self-denial (current term) self-denials self-denying self-deport self-deportation

self-deportations self-deprecating self-deprecation self-depreciation self-deprivation self-deprivations self-destroy self-destruct self-destructed self-destructing

Literary usage of Self-denial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pilgrim's Progress, from this World to that which is to Come by John Bunyan (1806)
"Tender-conscience crosses the bridge self-denial, in the valley of Humiliation.—He is pursued by Worldly- honour, ..."

2. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"CHAPTER XXXII Of self-denial and the casting away all selfishness " MY Son, thou canst not possess perfect liberty unless thou altogether deny thyself. ..."

3. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1918)
"self-denial looks primarily to the initial struggle by which the disciple cuts himself adrift from his former way of living, renouncing parents, wife, ..."

4. Law as a Means to an End by Rudolf von Jhering (1914)
"His own admission, that he is not himself capable of such acts of self-denial, must force from the egoist the acknowledgment that there are other motives of ..."

5. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1921)
"self-denial. ALTHOUGH the Divine law contains a most excellent and will- arranged plan for the regulation of life, yet it has pleased the heavenly Teacher ..."

6. The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as the by Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow (1904)
"... XV self-denial NOT THE ESSENCE OF VIRTUE x It is commonly asserted that without self-denial there is no virtue, and that the greater the self- denial ..."

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