self-denial

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; asceticism, austerity, nonindulgence
the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures); abstention, abstinence
the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol); continence, continency
the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters; monasticism
asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; abstinence
act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite; ascesis, asceticism
rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint; mortification
(Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself); celibacy, chastity, sexual abstention
abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows); sobriety, temperance
abstaining from excess; teetotaling, teetotalism
abstaining from alcohol; fast, fasting
abstaining from food; inhibition, suppression
(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires; sawm
the third pillar of Islam is fasting (primarily during the month of Ramadan); Muslims abstain from food and drink and gambling and all sensuous pleasures from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan

Type of:: control
the activity of managing or exerting control over something

Type of:: forgoing, forswearing, renunciation
the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.); self-sacrifice, selflessness
acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity

DEFINITIONS OF: self-denial