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self-sacrifice

Pronunciation:  `self'sakru`fIs

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 Definition: [n]  acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity
 
 Synonyms: selflessness
 
 See Also: abnegation, cooperation, denial, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Self`-sac"ri*fice\, n.
The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for
others; self-devotion.

 

 

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