HyperDic: self-sacrifice

English > 1 sense of the word *self-sacrifice*:
NOUN	act	self-sacrifice, selflessness	acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity

English > *self-sacrifice*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	Acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity.
Synonym	selflessness
Narrower	abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation	renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
Broader	cooperation	joint operation or action
Spanish	abnegación
Catalan	abnegació