self-denial

[ self-di-nahy-uh l, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf dɪˈnaɪ əl, ˌsɛlf- /

the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.

an act or instance of restraining or curbing one's desires: To reduce, one has to practice self-denial at the dinner table.

Origin of self-denial

First recorded in 1635–45

self-de·ny·ing, adjective self-de·ny·ing·ly, adverb

Maybe this is better than self-denying ascetic teenage subculture anarchism.

How the Pussy Riot Girls Trial Fell Apart |Alisa Obraztsova |May 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
By their vows they are bound to be as self-denying, as spiritual and devoted, as though they were missionaries to foreign lands.

Thoughts on Missions |Sheldon Dibble
Does it make us self-denying, that we may be liberal in relieving others?

A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. |William Wilberforce
It was not suggested that the unrewarded and self-denying life was perhaps the noblest.

At Large |Arthur Christopher Benson

The self-denying ordinance of Sabbath silence became too hard to keep.

It Never Can Happen Again |William De Morgan
And she herself, by encouragement and admonition and self-denying toil, had helped to make him what he was.

The Brentons |Anna Chapin Ray

self-denial

the denial or sacrifice of one's own desires

self-denying, adjective self-denyingly, adverb