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abnegação
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abnegació
Acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity.
selflessness
Portuguese
abnegação
selflessness
1
In return, K2 had required from them heroism and
selflessness
and responsibility.
2
Jamaica owes you all a great debt of gratitude for your
selflessness
.
3
But he tried, and he knew true
selflessness
when he saw it.
4
Audrey's willing
selflessness
depleted her, and her neediness kept her coming back.
5
But with startling
selflessness
Goyo does ultimately break through his protective carapace.
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.
Portuguese
abnegação
Catalan
abnegació