self-forgetting

[self-fer-get-ing, self-] / ˈsɛlf fərˈgɛt ɪŋ, ˌsɛlf- /

ADJECTIVE

selfless

Synonyms

WEAK

altruistic benevolent charitable chivalrous denying devoted disinterested extroverted generous helpful humanitarian incorruptible indulgent liberal loving magnanimous noble open-handed self-denying self-effacing self-forgetful unselfish

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For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.

From MSNBC • Oct. 15, 2014

Eyes, voice, and gesture expressed the most absolute, self-forgetting enthusiasm.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

The intoxication of an ideal and self-forgetting trust—a merger of all else in tenderness—flooded their souls and passed back and forth between them in their mutual glances.

From The Panchronicon by MacKaye, Harold Steele

Lady Pembroke said, 'in death, as in life, self-forgetting and Christ-like in your deeds.'

From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Marshall, Emma

He did not get it fully learned until after Jesus had risen again, and the Holy Spirit had come,—that the measure of rank in spiritual life is the measure of self-forgetting service.

From Personal Friendships of Jesus by Miller, J. R. (James Russell)

self-forgetting

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