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synonyms for self denial

  • abstinence
  • avoidance
  • self-control
  • self-denial
  • self-restraint
  • sobriety
  • abstaining
  • non-indulgence
  • chastity
  • fasting
  • frugality
  • moderation
  • self-restraint
  • abnegation
  • abstemiousness
  • asceticism
  • avoidance
  • continence
  • forbearance
  • renunciation
  • self-control
  • self-denial
  • soberness
  • sobriety
  • teetotalism
  • temperance
  • abstaining
  • cherry
  • refraining
On this page you'll find 407 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to self denial, such as: abstinence, avoidance, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, and sobriety.

antonyms for self denial

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  • self-indulgence
  • drunkenness
  • excess
  • indulgence
  • intemperance
  • intoxication
  • revelry
  • self-indulgence
  • agreement
  • allowance
  • approval
  • claim
  • OK
  • permission
  • sanction
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How to use self denial in a sentence

Is it not worth some self-denial, some sacrifices, on pour part, to have your home spoken of in this manner?
THE VALUE OF A PRAYING MOTHERISABEL C. BYRUM
We have learned so much lately about self-denial, and crossing one's own inclinations, and enduring hardness.
THE DAISY CHAINCHARLOTTE YONGE
He would bear evils with patience, even as he would practise self-denial of pleasure.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IJOHN LORD
That includes an idea of self-denial utterly unknown to all the young people of to-day.
EAST ANGLIAJ. EWING RITCHIE
So far he had not done so, but continued self-denial would require a stern effort.
THE GIRL FROM KELLER'SHAROLD BINDLOSS
We cannot redeem seven years of selfishness with seven days of self-denial.
ROBERT HARDY'S SEVEN DAYSCHARLES MONROE SHELDON
What desperate uphill work it was to read them, a regular exercise of self-denial every morning!
LIFE OF JOHN COLERIDGE PATTESONCHARLOTTE M. YONGE
But steady resolve and stoical self-denial, easy enough in theory, are often bitterly hard in practice.
SWORD AND GOWNGEORGE A. LAWRENCE
In the meantime a good deal of patriotic self-denial is going on amongst the juvenile population.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 147, AUGUST 12, 1914VARIOUS
And these women, with their cares, their brave self-denial of all help, how could he ever repay this unlooked-for kindness?
THE RED CITYS. WEIR MITCHELL
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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