self-sacrificing

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self-sacrificing

adjective more self-sacrificing · most self-sacrificing

Making, or willing to make, a self-sacrifice. Mother Teresa's self-sacrificing nature made her world-famous.
Similar: self-abnegatory, self-denying, abstemious, otherish, selfless, self-flagellatory, self-sacrificing, unselfish

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of self-sacrifice

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adj making, or willing to make, a self-sacrifice

Español	abnegado, sacrificado

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@misc{self_sacrificing_2026,
  title = {self-sacrificing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/self-sacrificing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}