self-denial

self–denial

noun

Definition of SELF-DENIAL

1

the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired <dieting is an endless exercise in self-denial>

Synonyms abnegation, renouncement, repudiation, self-denial

Related Words denial, refusal; relinquishment, resignation, surrender; self-abnegation, self-renunciation

Near Antonyms acceptance; adoption, embrace, embracement, espousal

Antonyms indulgence, self-indulgence

2

voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites <self-indulgent even when she was poor, she wasn't about to practice self-denial after getting rich>

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