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self-sacrifice Definition

self·-sacrifice (-sakrə fīs′)

noun

sacrifice of oneself or one's own interests for the benefit, or the supposed benefit, of others

self-sacrifice Related Forms
self·-sacrific′ing adjective
self-sacrifice Synonyms

self-sacrifice

n.

altruism, free-giving, benevolence; see generosity 1, kindness 1, 2.

self-sacrifice Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • make: To be able to win the war against Strong Drink, England appeals to her people to make the necessary self-sacrifice.
  • mean: For Jesus this meant self-sacrifice to the hell of Calvary, to death on a cross.

Converse of subject

  • mark: If we want to please God, then our lives will be marked first by self-sacrifice, and secondly by faithful service.

Adjective modifier

  • purposeful: It is purposeful self-sacrifice, even to the point of death.
  • heroic: The heroic self-sacrifice of 2nd Lt. Collin was a magnificent example to all.
  • continual: The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.
  • own: We don't atone for our sins by our own self-sacrifice.
  • great: It is due to great self-sacrifice, vision and generosity that the Abbey has survived to this day.
  • loving: The great gulf of Jesus ' loving self-sacrifice can swallow up the mountains of our sins, all of them.

Preposition: on

  • side: Some, however, some also interpret the crowns to be wreaths of martyrdom, since true marriage entails self-sacrifice on both sides.
  • part: It has required vision and self-sacrifice on the part of the existing member states.

Preposition: in

  • cause: For all his self-sacrifice in the cause of his ideals, Pestalozzi tended to take on more ambitious projects than he could actually manage.

Preposition: of

  • man: So many of those who recalled the night for me would have been killed or badly maimed but for the self-sacrifice of those men.

Preposition: for

    self-sacrifice Quotes

    'Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice', should be a woman's motto henceforward.

    —Stanton, Elizabeth ne¤  e  Cady

    The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.

    —Kurosawa, Akira

    Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

    —Shaw, George Bernard