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Adjective: self-denying
  1. Willing to deprive yourself
    - self-giving, self-sacrificing
     
  2. Used especially of behaviour
    - renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating

See also: nonindulgent, strict, unselfish

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self-controlled
self-criticism
self-cultivation
self-deceit
self-deception
self-defeating
self-defence
self-defense
self-delusion
self-denial
self-denying
self-deprecating
self-depreciation
self-destroy
self-destruct
self-destruction
self-destructive
self-determination
self-digestion
self-directed
self-direction