deny oneself

English

Verb

deny oneself

  1. To decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practise self-denial.
    • Bible, Matthew xvi. 24
      Let him deny himself, and take up his cross.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for deny oneself in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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