self-denying

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

self-denying
    adj 1: willing to deprive yourself [syn: {self-denying}, {self-
           giving}, {self-sacrificing}]
    2: used especially of behavior [syn: {renunciant},
       {renunciative}, {self-abnegating}, {self-denying}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Self-denying \Self`-de*ny"ing\, a.
   Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing. --
   {Self`-de*ny"ing*ly}, adv.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-denying":
      Albigensian, Catharist, Franciscan, Sabbatarian, Trappist,
      Waldensian, abstinent, altruistic, anchoritic, ascetic, austere,
      committed, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, disinterested,
      eremitic, flagellant, humble, mendicant, modest, puritanical,
      rigoristic, sacrificing, self-abasing, self-abnegating,
      self-abnegatory, self-devoted, self-effacing, self-forgetful,
      self-immolating, self-neglectful, self-neglecting, self-renouncing,
      self-sacrificing, self-unconscious, selfless, unacquisitive,
      unpossessive, unpretentious, unselfish, unsparing of self,
      wedded to poverty