self-sacrifice
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self-sacrifice noun
- The giving up of one's own benefit, especially giving up one's life, for the good of others.“His brave self-sacrifice won him a posthumous medal, but I think he'd have preferred to receive it in person.”
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selflessnessself-denialofferingdedicationdevotionsacrificecullingcullslaughteringslaughterself-devotionsacrificationself-renunciationresacrificepeace offeringself-abasement
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