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self-sacrifices

self-sacrifices is the plural of self-sacrifice.

Meaning of self-sacrifice

Noun

self-sacrifice (countable and uncountable, plural self-sacrifices)

  1. The giving up of one's own benefit for the good of others.
    • Caring for a loved one with a chronic illness inevitably involves self-sacrifice.
  2. The act of making the ultimate sacrifice of giving up one's life for a cause.
    • His brave self-sacrifice won him a posthumous medal, but I think he'd have preferred to receive it in person.

Questions about self-sacrifices

What is self-sacrifices the plural of?
Self-sacrifices is the plural of self-sacrifice.

Words near self-sacrifices in the dictionary

  1. self-sabotages
  2. self-sabotaging
  3. self-sacrifice
  4. self-sacrificer
  5. self-sacrificers
  6. self-sacrifices
  7. self-sacrificing
  8. self-sacrificingly
  9. self-same
  10. self-sames
  11. self-satisfaction

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