单词 | to deny oneself |
释义 | > as lemmasto deny oneself 7. to deny oneself: to withhold from oneself, or refrain from, the gratification of desire; to practise self-denial, self-renunciation, or self-abnegation. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > put aside one's own interests [verb (reflexive)] > deny oneself forsakec1175 to deny oneselfc1384 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xvi. 24 Ȝif eny man wole cume after me, denye he hym self, and take his crosse, and sue me. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xxxvii. 107 Sonne, þou maist not haue parfit liberte, but þou denye þiself utterly. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. i. 4 Room to deny ourselves. < as lemmas |
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