self-denying
1Self-denying — Self de*ny ing, a. Refusing to gratify one s self; self sacrificing. {Self de*ny ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
2self-denying — self denial ► NOUN ▪ the denial of one s own interests and needs. DERIVATIVES self denying adjective …
3self-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… …
4Self-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… …
5Self-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… …
6Self-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… …
7self-denying — Synonyms and related words: Albigensian, Catharist, Franciscan, Sabbatarian, Trappist, Waldensian, abstinent, altruistic, anchoritic, ascetic, austere, committed, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, disinterested, eremitic, flagellant, humble,… …
8self-denying — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Without concern for oneself: self forgetful, self forgetting, selfless, unselfish. See SELF …
9self-denying — adjective 1. willing to deprive yourself • Syn: ↑self giving, ↑self sacrificing • Similar to: ↑unselfish 2. used especially of behavior • Syn: ↑renunciant, ↑renuncia …
10self-denying — adjective Date: 1632 showing self denial • self denyingly adverb …
