self-abnegation

self–abnegation

noun

Definition of SELF-ABNEGATION

voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites <even after acquiring great wealth, he continued to practice a kind of puritanical self-abnegation>

Synonyms continence, self-abnegation, self-denial, sobriety, temperance

Related Words control, forbearance, restraint; discipline, self-command, self-control, self-discipline, self-mastery; asceticism, austerity

Near Antonyms gluttony, greed, rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity; hedonism, sensuality, sybaritism

Antonyms self-indulgence