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Self-sacrificing

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Making, or willing to make, a self-sacrifice.

    "Mother Teresa's self-sacrificing nature made her world-famous."

Adjective
  1. 1
    willing to deprive yourself wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of self-sacrifice form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From self- + sacrificing.

Etymology 2

From self- + sacrificing.

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