self-sacrifice
sacrifice of one's interests, desires, etc., as for duty or the good of another.
Origin of self-sacrifice
1Other 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
So she has to be perfect and self-sacrificing to the point of self-annihilation.
His surpassing bravery and self-sacrificing candor profoundly impressed eminent Virginians.
The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It | Rev. Samuel Vanderlip LeechI have never known of a more earnest and self-sacrificing Christian worker than Sister Wheaton.
Prisons and Prayer: Or a Labor of Love | Elizabeth Ryder WheatonWith these thoughts, she formed one of those resolutions which have all the strength of self-sacrificing love.
Night and Morning, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonDr. Murray says it is astonishing how intelligently alert and self-sacrificing they are proving themselves to be.
A Woman's Part in a Revolution | Natalie Harris Hammond
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
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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