"self-denying" meaning in English

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    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "self",
        "3": "denying"
      },
      "expansion": "self- + denying",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "self- + denying",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more self-denying",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most self-denying",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "self-denying (comparative more self-denying, superlative most self-denying)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Personality",
          "orig": "en:Personality",
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            "Human",
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            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
        "Without concern for one's own advantage; selfless or self-sacrificing."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "concern",
          "concern"
        ],
        [
          "advantage",
          "advantage"
        ],
        [
          "selfless",
          "selfless"
        ],
        [
          "self-sacrificing",
          "self-sacrificing"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "self-denying"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "self",
        "3": "denying"
      },
      "expansion": "self- + denying",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "self- + denying",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more self-denying",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most self-denying",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "self-denying (comparative more self-denying, superlative most self-denying)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Without concern for one's own advantage; selfless or self-sacrificing."
      ],
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        [
          "concern",
          "concern"
        ],
        [
          "advantage",
          "advantage"
        ],
        [
          "selfless",
          "selfless"
        ],
        [
          "self-sacrificing",
          "self-sacrificing"
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  ],
  "word": "self-denying"
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