Adjective: self-denying
- Willing to deprive yourself
"Her self-denying nature led her to volunteer at the shelter every weekend";
- self-giving, self-sacrificing
- Used especially of behaviour
"His self-denying lifestyle involved giving up all material possessions";
- renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating
See also: nonindulgent, strict, unselfish
Encyclopedia: Self-denying