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Webster 1913 Edition


Self-sacrificing

Selfˊ-sac′ri-fiˊcing

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Adj.
Yielding up one’s own interest, feelings, etc; sacrificing one's self.

Definition 2024


self-sacrificing

self-sacrificing

English

Adjective

self-sacrificing (comparative more self-sacrificing, superlative most self-sacrificing)

  1. Making, or willing to make, a self-sacrifice.
    Mother Teresa's self-sacrificing nature made her world famous for her willingness to place other's needs before her own.

Verb

self-sacrificing

  1. present participle of self-sacrifice