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Noun: selflessness  sel-flus-nus
  1. The quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
    - altruism
     
  2. Acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity
    - self-sacrifice

Derived forms: selflessnesses

See also: selfless

Type of: cooperation, unselfishness

Encyclopedia: Selflessness

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