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Denial of one's self

Denial \De*ni"al\, n. [See Deny.]

  1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.

    You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient.
    --Bp. Stillingfleet.

  2. A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.

  3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.

    The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory denials.
    --Hallam.

  4. A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God.

    Denial of one's self, a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial.