English Explanatory Dictionary

self-sacrificing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Making, or willing to make, a self-sacrifice.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of self-sacrifice

Word forms

self-sacrificing more self-sacrificing most self-sacrificing

Etymology

From self- + sacrificing.

Synonyms

self-abnegatory self-denying abstemious otherish selfless self-flagellatory self-sacrificing unselfish

Derived words

self-sacrificingly
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