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Self-sacrifice

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The giving up of one's own benefit for the good of others. countable, uncountable

    "Caring for a loved one with a chronic illness inevitably involves self-sacrifice."

  2. 2
    acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of making the ultimate sacrifice of giving up one's life for a cause. countable, uncountable

    "His brave self-sacrifice won him a posthumous medal, but I think he'd have preferred to receive it in person."

Etymology

From self- + sacrifice.

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