self-denial
self-denial noun: action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others.
Noun
self-denial (countable and uncountable, plural self-denials)
- Action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others.
- Synonyms:
- self-abnegation, self-sacrifice
self-denial meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
self-denial in Hindi
- action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others
- आत्मत्याग ātmatyāg
self-denial in Tamil
- தன்மறுப்பு, தனது ஆசைகளை அடக்குதல், தன்னலமின்மை
self-denial in Malayalam
- selflessness, self-sacrifice, unselfishness
- സ്വാർത്ഥത്യാഗം, ആത്മപരിത്യാഗം, ആത്മത്യാഗം, ആത്മനിരാസം, നിസ്വാർത്ഥത്യാഗം, ആത്മബലി
self-denial in Kannada
- ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥತ್ಯಾಗ, ವೈರಾಗ್ಯ
Synonyms of self-denial
Forms of self-denial
| plural | self-denials |
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Origin of self-denial
From self- + denial.
Questions about self-denial
- What does self-denial mean?
- Self-denial means action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others.
- What is self-denial in Hindi?
- Self-denial in Hindi is आत्मत्याग (ātmatyāg). See Self-denial meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is self-denial?
- Self-denial is a noun.
- What is the plural of self-denial?
- The plural of self-denial is self-denials.
Words near self-denial in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: self-denial (page history and authors); self-denial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); self-denial (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); self-denial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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