self-sacrifice
[ self-sak-ruh-fahys, self- ]
/ ˌsɛlfˈsæk rəˌfaɪs, ˈsɛlf- /
noun
sacrifice of one's interests, desires, etc., as for duty or the good of another.
Origin of self-sacrifice
First recorded in 1795–1805
OTHER WORDS FROM self-sacrifice
Words nearby self-sacrifice
self-revelation,
self-righteous,
self-righting,
self-rising,
self-rule,
self-sacrifice,
self-satisfaction,
self-satisfied,
self-satisfying,
self-sealing,
self-seeker
Example sentences from the Web for self-sacrificial
He is terribly sane and luminous, and terribly wanting in self-sacrificial enthusiasm.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind |Herbert George WellsBut the young woman with a self-sacrificial career in view had lost none of her womanly gift of sympathetic intuition.
The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush |Francis LyndePoor man, deluded, self-sacrificial traveler, illy-advised adventurer!
Stanley in Africa |James P. BoydMrs. Starkweather drooped her mouth, and raised her brows, with a sigh of extreme and most self-sacrificial virtue.
Stories of the Foot-hills |Margaret Collier Graham
British Dictionary definitions for self-sacrificial
self-sacrifice
noun
the sacrifice of one's own desires, interest, etc, for the sake of duty or for the well-being of others