Self-sacrifice Definition

sĕlfsăkrə-fīs
noun
Sacrifice of oneself or one's own interests for the benefit, or the supposed benefit, of others.
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Self-sacrifice is giving up something you want or something you desire for the greater good or to help others.
An example of self-sacrifice is when you go without your morning latte so you can donate that amount of money to charity instead.
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Noun

Singular:
self-sacrifice
Plural:
self-sacrifices

Origin of Self-sacrifice

Self-sacrifice Sentence Examples

  • Our family has a long tradition of self-sacrifice and charity.

  • It is reasonable with her in high school and you in college, this kind of self-sacrifice would be too much to expect.

  • It is thus that the before-mentioned self-sacrifice of the moral hero is conceived by Mill to be possible and actual.

  • At the end of the Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit characters are highly regarded by the other races for their courageous self-sacrifice.

  • For Jesus this meant self-sacrifice to the hell of Calvary, to death on a cross.

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