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self sacrifice

noun as in self-denial

noun as in self-denial

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Both followed wars; people were tired of idealism and self-sacrifice and were determined to enjoy a self- indulgent materialism.

This name carries a legacy of reconciliation (St. Francis was famous for his outreach to the Muslim world), and of self-sacrifice.

It may just require some self-sacrifice like, say, selling your car to afford the chemo.

For wives—particularly political wives—the pressure was intense, and the job demanded self-sacrifice.

We may be few," Karelitz told Ben-Gurion, "but if we practice self-sacrifice we'll be strong, and no power will overcome us.

Destiny, which is stronger than human love, or the soul's fidelity, had overmastered self-sacrifice and the heart of a woman.

The years of self-sacrifice had not shaken the faith of these sisters in the smallest degree.

Progress is essentially a moral phenomenon, and postulates the search, not for self, but for self-sacrifice.

Such a course of training requires individual effort and personal self-sacrifice.

But, everything valuable is expensive, and learning can be secured only by severe self-sacrifice.

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On this page you'll find 149 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to self sacrifice, such as: persecution, affliction, agony, anguish, crucifixion, and devotion.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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