self-sacrificing

English

Etymology

self- +‎ sacrificing

Adjective

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

1. Making, or willing to make, a self-sacrifice.

   Synonyms: self-abnegatory, self-denying

   Mother Teresa's self-sacrificing nature made her world-famous.

Derived terms

• self-sacrificingly

Translations

making, or willing to make, a self-sacrifice

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• Ukrainian: саможерто́вний (samožertóvnyj)

Verb

self-sacrificing

1. present participle of self-sacrifice