self-sacrifice
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self-sacrifice
noun self-sacrifices
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The giving up of one's own benefit for the good of others.
Caring for a loved one with a chronic illness inevitably involves self-sacrifice.
Similar: self-abnegation, self-denial
- The act of making the ultimate sacrifice of giving up one's life for a cause. 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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noun giving up of one's own benefit
| Español | autosacrificio, abnegación |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 自己犠牲 jikogisei |
| 中文 | 自我犧牲 /自我牺牲 zìwǒxīshēng |
| हिन्दी | आत्मत्याग ātmatyāg, आत्मनिवेदन ātmanivedan, आत्मबलिदान ātmablidān |
| Português | autossacrifício |
| Français | auto-sacrifice, sacrifice de soi |
| Deutsch | Selbstaufopferung |
| Italiano | autosacrificio, abnegazione |
| Ελληνικά | αυτοθυσία aftothysía |
| Română | sacrificiu de sine |
| Русский | самопоже́ртвование samopožértvovanije |
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