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Noun self-denial has 3 senses
- self-discipline, self-denial - the trait of practicing self discipline
--1 is a kind of discipline
--1 has particulars:
- self-denial, self-discipline, self-control - the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
--2 is a kind of control
--2 has particulars: abstinence; asceticism, ascesis; mortification
- abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation - renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
--3 is a kind of selflessness, self-sacrifice; renunciation, forgoing, forswearing
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