- self-denying
- adjective Date: 1632 showing self-denial • self-denyingly adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
self-denying
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Self-denying — Self de*ny ing, a. Refusing to gratify one s self; self sacrificing. {Self de*ny ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
self-denying — self denial ► NOUN ▪ the denial of one s own interests and needs. DERIVATIVES self denying adjective … English terms dictionary
self-denying — ADJ GRADED Someone who is self denying refuses to do or have things that they would like, either because they cannot afford them, or because they believe it is morally good for them not to do them or have them. They believed that good parents… … English dictionary
Self-denying ordinance — Dans l histoire de l Angleterre, la Self denying Ordinance est une loi présentée au Parlement de l Angleterre par Henry Vane le jeune. Elle visait à empêcher que les membres du Parlement n occupent des positions de commandement dans les forces… … Wikipédia en Français
Self-denying Ordinance — The first Self denying Ordinance was a bill moved on December 9, 1644 to deprive members of the Parliament of England from holding command in the army or the navy during the English Civil War. It failed to pass the House of Lords. A second Self… … Wikipedia
Self-denying Ordinance — Dans l histoire de l Angleterre, la Self denying Ordinance est une loi présentée au Parlement de l Angleterre par Henry Vane le jeune. Elle visait à empêcher que les membres du Parlement n occupent des positions de commandement dans les forces… … Wikipédia en Français
self-denying — Synonyms and related words: Albigensian, Catharist, Franciscan, Sabbatarian, Trappist, Waldensian, abstinent, altruistic, anchoritic, ascetic, austere, committed, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, disinterested, eremitic, flagellant, humble,… … Moby Thesaurus
self-denying — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Without concern for oneself: self forgetful, self forgetting, selfless, unselfish. See SELF … English dictionary for students
self-denying — adjective 1. willing to deprive yourself • Syn: ↑self giving, ↑self sacrificing • Similar to: ↑unselfish 2. used especially of behavior • Syn: ↑renunciant, ↑renuncia … Useful english dictionary
self-denying — See self denial. * * * … Universalium
