Acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity.
1 Its actual meaning is 'a self - sacrifice for the common good.' She paused.
2 But Miss Cornelia nipped the heroic attempt at self - sacrifice in the bud.
3 Let the world know the heroism and the self - sacrifice of those men.
4 Thus, the rising generation was reminded of the heroic deed of self - sacrifice .
5 President Kennedy has frequently called on his countrymen for courage and self - sacrifice .
6 Her office in life is to teach him the joy of self - sacrifice .
7 We must act from cold reason even in the ardor of self - sacrifice .
8 The Brigaders remain heroes of the left for their internationalism and self - sacrifice .
9 He gave up the reins and, in his great self - sacrifice , passionately exclaimed:
10 One orator after another rose and praised the self - sacrifice of the sailors.
11 What seemed the levity of her desertion was the devotion of self - sacrifice .
12 That's self - sacrifice , I suppose; but there must be some satisfaction in it.
13 The latter had always been to her the symbol of complete self - sacrifice .
14 Group-selection theories of individual self - sacrifice are always vulnerable to subversion from within.
15 From the soil of tyranny sprang self - sacrifice , and daring for the Right.
16 The struggle was soon over, and the impulse of self - sacrifice had conquered.
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