self-sacrifice
self-sacrifice · self-sacrifices
самопожертва
самопожертвование
Selbstaufopferung
The giving up of one's own benefit for the good of othersThe giving up of one's own benefit for the good of others.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Selbstaufopferung
самопоже́ртвованиеsamopožértvovanije
самопоже́ртваsamopožértva
(countable, uncountable)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.
More definitions
- acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
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Forms
plural: self-sacrifices| Singular | self-sacrifice |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity:selflessness
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable