selflessness
1. the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others • Syn: altruism • Ant: egoism (for: altruism) • Derivationally related forms: selfless, altruist (for: altruism) • Hypernyms: unselfishness 2. acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity • Syn: self-sacrifice • Derivationally related forms: selfless • Hypernyms: cooperation • Hyponyms: abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation
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