self-sacrifice
noun
sacrifice of one's interests, desires, etc., as for duty or the good of another.
self-sacrificingly
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a word derived from
self-sacrifice.
Example Sentences
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He draws on it now self-sacrificingly, though it kills him, but it is still there in him to be drawn on.
From Time ● Sep. 16, 2013
We are always accustomed to say that marriage protects women, and it is even asserted that men have self-sacrificingly maintained the institution of marriage mainly for the benefit of women.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis
Considering the fact that he did not wish to go, he was self-sacrificingly energetic.
From Running Sands by Reginald Wright Kauffman
One admission, however, will not be made, namely, that Michael could not love as devotedly, as wholeheartedly, unselfishly, madly, self-sacrificingly as a human.
From Michael, Brother of Jerry by Jack London
Charles Dickens self-sacrificingly undertook the reformation of our American manners in unspeakable particulars.
From English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice by Frederick William Roe
