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Definitions: Self-denial |
Self-denialNoun1. The trait of practicing self discipline. 2. The act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses. 3. Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "self-denial" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references) |
Synonyms: Self-denialSynonyms: abnegation (n), denial (n), self-abnegation (n), self-control (n), self-discipline (n), self-renunciation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disinterestedness | Self-denial, self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, self-immolation, self-control; (resolution); stoicism, devotion, martyrdom, suttee. |
Temperance | Forbearance, abnegation; self-denial, self-restraint, self-control; (resolution). |
Virtue | Merit, worth, desert, excellence, credit; self-control; (resolution); self-denial; (temperance). |
Worship | Discipline; self-discipline, self-examination, self-denial; fasting. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Self-denial |
| English words defined with "self-denial": ascetic, ascetical, asceticism, austere, austerity ♦ Denial of one's self ♦ monkish ♦ nonindulgence ♦ Spartan ♦ To cost dear, To deny one's self. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "self-denial": Bartoldo ♦ Delusion. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Abbe Mullois | Pure self-denial is our good angel's hand bearing the gates of sin. |
Lord Chesterfield | Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. |
Oscar Wilde | Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity. |
Sir Walter Scott | There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial. |
Theodore Parker | Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters. All hail, Delusion! Were it not for thee The world turned topsy-turvy we should see; For Vice, respectable with cleanly fancies, Would fly abandoned Virtue's gross advances. Mumfrey Mappel |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Self-denial" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.66% of the time. "Self-denial" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 89.66% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 10.34% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 29 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "self-denial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 克己. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kieltäymys (abstinence, self-effacement), itsekieltämys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | takarékosság (economy, frugality, husbandry, parsimony, providence, sparing, thrift), mértékletesség (austerity, temperance), igénytelenség (frugality, modesty), egyszerűség (artlessness, austerity, domesticity, modesty, severity, simplicity), önmegtartóztatás (abstinence, abstinent, self denial), önmegtagadás (abnegation, self denial, self sacrifice, self-effacement, self-renunciation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 我慢 (endurance, patience, perseverance, self-control, tolerance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | がま" (endurance, patience, perseverance, self-control, tolerance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 극기 (self-restraint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | staayney (brazen, cessation, deny, forbear, forbearance, harden, oppose, refrain, set against, stiffen), staaynagh (self-denying), obbal (abnegate; refusal, abnegation, abstain, abstention, decline, denial, denounce, denunciation, deny, disavow, disavowal, disclaim, disown, forbid, go against, jib, negate, negation, refuse, refusing, refutation, refute, turn down, turn down refuse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elf-denialsay самоотречение (self abnegation, self denial, self-renunciation). (various references) självförnekelse (denial, self abnegation, self denial). (various references) hunanymwadiad (abnegation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-f-i-l-l-n-s" | |
-1 letter: enfilades. | |
-2 letters: delaines, enfilade. | |
-3 letters: aediles, ainsell, aliened, allseed, aniseed, dallies, deafens, defiles, defines, defleas, delaine, dellies, denials, endleaf, enisled, ensiled, fadeins, failles, felines, fellies, finales, flailed, flensed, infalls, linseed, nellies, sallied, snailed, snelled. | |
-4 letters: aedile, aedine, afield, aisled, aliens, alined, alines, allees, allied, allies, aneled, aneles, dalles, deafen, deasil, defies, defile, define, deflea. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-f-i-l-l-n-s" | |
+5 letters: dinoflagellates. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 6C 66 2D 64 65 6E 69 61 6C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01101100 01100110 00101101 01100100 01100101 01101110 01101001 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e l f - d e n i a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 006C 0066 002D 0064 0065 006E 0069 0061 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5371787215707180756778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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