self-forgetfulness

• a word derived from self-forgetful.
  self-forgetful

  adjective

  forgetful or not thinking of one's own advantage, interest, etc.

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self-forgetfulness

It was like her self-forgetfulness to transfer the remark to my sister, and to get up and be busy about her, making her more comfortable; “that’s sadly true!”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Some of the friars had complained of the severity of their mode of life and of the rules imposed upon them; but all finally agree thereto, with great self-forgetfulness and devotion.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 by Antonio Alvarez de Abreu

"Old things are passed away, and behold all things are become new," and, instead of the old defilement and darkness and devilishness, there flows out and on a life of purity, consecration, self-forgetfulness and holiness.

From Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work by Rev. Gross Alexander

His knowledge was extraordinary, and was only equalled by his humility and self-forgetfulness.

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare

He turned quickly to her, and for the first time since his arrival they embraced each other with thorough self-forgetfulness.

From True and Other Stories by George Parsons Lathrop

More Suggestions

• self-forgetting
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• self-fertile
• thoughtfulness
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• half-forgotten
• self-compatible
• self-fulfilment
• selflessness