self-sacrifice

Patriotism was ennobling, self-sacrifice was reflexive; heroism was rewarded, and everybody was proudly in this fight together.

This sprint of self-sacrifice is what vaulted the Dodgers to a victory in Game 3 of the World Series.

But it’s easy to see how the idea fits neatly into the right’s sexist vision of motherhood as a state of endless self-sacrifice.

There is a sense of self-sacrifice from the skipper for overlooking his own playing ambitions.

A woman whose pregnancy is failing is expected to welcome death as the ultimate expression of female self-sacrifice.