self-sacrifice

[ self-sak-ruh-fahys, self- ]
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noun
  1. sacrifice of one's interests, desires, etc., as for duty or the good of another.

Origin of self-sacrifice

1
First recorded in 1795–1805

Other words from self-sacrifice

  • self-sac·ri·fic·er, noun
  • self-sac·ri·fi·cial [self-sak-ruh-fish-uhl, self-], /ˈsɛlfˌsæk rəˈfɪʃ əl, ˌsɛlf-/, adjective
  • self-sac·ri·fic·ing, adjective
  • self-sac·ri·fic·ing·ly, adverb
  • self-sac·ri·fic·ing·ness, noun
  • un·self-sac·ri·fi·cial, adjective
  • un·self-sac·ri·fi·cial·ly, adverb
  • un·self-sac·ri·fic·ing, adjective

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How to use self-sacrifice in a sentence

  • It was maddening to be tacitly rejected as a possible wife and to be enthusiastically claimed as a self-sacrificing friend.

    December Love | Robert Hichens

British Dictionary definitions for self-sacrifice

self-sacrifice

noun
  1. the sacrifice of one's own desires, interest, etc, for the sake of duty or for the well-being of others

Derived forms of self-sacrifice

  • self-sacrificing, adjective
  • self-sacrificingly, adverb

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