English Explanatory Dictionary

self-denying

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Without concern for one's own advantage; selfless or self-sacrificing.

Word forms

self-denying more self-denying most self-denying

Etymology

From self- + denying.

Synonyms

self-sacrificing abstemious otherish selfless self-abnegatory self-denying self-flagellatory unselfish

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