"deny oneself" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "denies oneself",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denying oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denied oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denied oneself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "deny oneself (third-person singular simple present denies oneself, present participle denying oneself, simple past and past participle denied oneself)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 16:24:",
          "text": "Let him deny himself, and take up his cross.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Amy Arthur, Pace Yourself: How to have energy in an exhausting world:",
          "text": "When you treat your basic needs as rewards, you can easily deny yourself good health because you haven't 'earned' it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decline the gratification of appetites, desires, impulses, or needs; to practise self-denial."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "gratification",
          "gratification"
        ],
        [
          "appetite",
          "appetite"
        ],
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "impulse",
          "impulse"
        ],
        [
          "need",
          "need"
        ],
        [
          "self-denial",
          "self-denial"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "deny oneself"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "denies oneself",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denying oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denied oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denied oneself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 16:24:",
          "text": "Let him deny himself, and take up his cross.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Amy Arthur, Pace Yourself: How to have energy in an exhausting world:",
          "text": "When you treat your basic needs as rewards, you can easily deny yourself good health because you haven't 'earned' it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decline the gratification of appetites, desires, impulses, or needs; to practise self-denial."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gratification",
          "gratification"
        ],
        [
          "appetite",
          "appetite"
        ],
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "impulse",
          "impulse"
        ],
        [
          "need",
          "need"
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        [
          "self-denial",
          "self-denial"
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  "word": "deny oneself"
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