self-denying Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite willing to deprive yourself
    self-sacrificing; self-giving.
  2. adjective satellite used especially of behavior
    renunciative; self-abnegating; renunciant.

WordNet


Self`-de*ny"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing. -- Self`-de*ny"ing*ly, adv.

Webster 1913