self-sacrifice
Origin of self-sacrifice
Related Words for self-sacrifice
persecution, repudiation, disavowal, pain, distress, torture, agony, sacrifice, ordeal, torment, affliction, crucifixion, mortification, anguish, devotion, self-sacrifice, relinquishment, self-denial, abdication, abstentionExamples from the Web for self-sacrifice
Contemporary Examples of self-sacrifice
Both followed wars; people were tired of idealism and self-sacrifice and were determined to enjoy a self- indulgent materialism.
This name carries a legacy of reconciliation (St. Francis was famous for his outreach to the Muslim world), and of self-sacrifice.
It may just require some self-sacrifice like, say, selling your car to afford the chemo.
Your capacity for self-sacrifice grows when you feel unbearable pain.
Historical Examples of self-sacrifice
Considered as a form of self-sacrifice, it was not without its pleasures.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
Somewhere in him were the seeds of self-sacrifice, the seeds of a generous devotion to others.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
For a man of real convictions this is a fine opportunity of self-sacrifice.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
As they passed he tasted to the full all the bitter joys of self-sacrifice.
The Fat and the ThinEmile Zola
Miss Emily and me had a talk about self-sacrifice and I see my duty plain.
Thankful's InheritanceJoseph C. Lincoln