|  self-denying 
 
 1. willing to deprive yourself
 • Syn:
 self-giving, self-sacrificing
 • Similar to:
 unselfish
 2. used especially of behavior
 • Syn:
 renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating
 • Similar to:
 nonindulgent, strict
 • Derivationally related forms:
 renounce (for: renunciant)
 
 
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