Self-denial is the habit of refusing to do or have things that you would like, either because you cannot afford them, or because you believe it is morally good for you not to do them or have them.
Should motherhood necessarily mean sacrifice and self-denial?
...an unprecedented act of self-denial.
Synonyms: self-sacrifice, renunciation, asceticism, abstemiousness More Synonyms of self-denial
self-denial in British English
noun
the denial or sacrifice of one's own desires
Derived forms
self-denying (ˌself-deˈnying)
adjective
self-denyingly (ˌself-deˈnyingly)
adverb
self-denial in American English
(ˈsɛlfdɪˈnaɪəl)
noun
denial or sacrifice of one's own desires or pleasures
Derived forms
self-denying (ˈself-deˈnying)
adjective
Examples of 'self-denial' in a sentence
self-denial
What happens when actual self-denial is required?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Lastly, self-denial is required because of sin.
Christianity Today (2000)
Quotations
Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never endsJohann Wolfgang von GoetheFaust