self-sacrifice

Synonyms for self-sacrifice

noun suffering endured for sake of a cause

noun. abstinence

1805, from self- + sacrifice (n.). Adjective self-sacrific'd attested from 1711. Related: self-sacrificing.

Considered as a form of self-sacrifice, it was not without its pleasures.

Somewhere in him were the seeds of self-sacrifice, the seeds of a generous devotion to others.

For a man of real convictions this is a fine opportunity of self-sacrifice.

As they passed he tasted to the full all the bitter joys of self-sacrifice.

Miss Emily and me had a talk about self-sacrifice and I see my duty plain.

She was very enthusiastic about his generosity and self-sacrifice.

The struggle was soon over, and the impulse of self-sacrifice had conquered.

If so, it was the frenzy of a self-sacrifice that was sublimity itself.

It means a lot of self-sacrifice for you both, to be separated so soon; but it will be the making of him.

How, then, explain this extraordinary act of self-sacrifice?