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Definition of Self-denying

1. Adjective. Willing to deprive yourself.

Definition of Self-denying

1. Adjective. Without concern for ones own advantage; selfless or self-sacrificing ¹

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Literary usage of Self-denying

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

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes, Ernest Alfred Benians (1907)
"... for the creation of Osi "Mew Model* army named the Commons <n, January 11, two days before the Lords rejected the self-denying 'lance. ..."

2. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"z Such was Cromwell's preface to the famous Self- Denying Ordinance, ... This was a Cromwell, that the first suggestion of second self-denying ordinance, ..."

3. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1907)
"For the same reason the lords were frankly hostile to the self-denying ordinance. ... On this motion the first self-denying ordinance was framed. ..."

4. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"These events produced the self-denying ordinance and the new model of the army. Under decorous pretexts, and with every mark of respect, Essex and most of ..."

5. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... in the Committee of Both Kingdoms, and in many other houses and places; —the ultimate outcome of which was the celebrated " self-denying Ordinance," and ..."

6. History of New England by John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1861)
"The "self-denying Ordinance," as it was called, was seir Denying passed by the Commons.1 It prohibited all mem- bers of either House of Parliament from ..."

7. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1856)
"These events produced the self-denying Ordinance and the new^ model of the army. Under decorous pretexts, and with every mark of respect, Essex and most of ..."

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