" self-denial "

1: the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired;

  * e.g., " ... dieting is an endless exercise in self-denial "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abnegation,

•  renouncement,

•  renunciation,

•  repudiation

•  Antonyms : 

•  indulgence,

•  self-indulgence

2: voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites;

  * e.g., " ... self-indulgent even when she was poor, she wasn't about to practice self-denial after getting rich "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abstinence,

•  continence,

•  self-abnegation,

•  sobriety,

•  temperance

•  Antonyms : 

•  self-indulgence