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self–denial
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms 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>
Related Words denial, refusal; relinquishment, resignation, surrender; self-abnegation, self-renunciation
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>
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
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